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Edmond François Valentin About

1828 - 1885

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Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond François Valentin About has received more than 66,723 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond François Valentin About is the 1,271st most popular writer (up from 1,678th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,910th in 2019) and the 180th most popular French Writer.

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  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Lu Yu, Kassia, Stobaeus, Yeghishe Charents, Lobsang Rampa, and Erskine Caldwell. After him are Hayim Nahman Bialik, Marcus Minucius Felix, Robert Sheckley, Chūya Nakahara, Siegfried Kracauer, and Matthias Flacius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 17. Before him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Ferdinand Cohn, Albert Marth, Louise of the Netherlands, Albert of Saxony, and John Langdon Down. After him are Paul Gachet, Joseph Swan, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Alexander Butlerov, Iosif Gurko, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. Among people deceased in 1885, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 14. Before him are Jens Peter Jacobsen, Charles George Gordon, Iwasaki Yatarō, Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Moses Montefiore, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Ferdinand Hiller, and Zuo Zongtang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,442 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Gensac (1927), Omar Sy (1978), Chris Marker (1921), Jean Picard (1620), Victorinus (300), and Ferdinand Buisson (1841). After him are Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), David Trezeguet (1977), Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), Louise Abbéma (1853), Louis Vierne (1870), and Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 180. Before him are Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Roger Caillois (1913), Léo Taxil (1854), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), and Roland Topor (1938). After him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Paul Scarron (1610), Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Odo of Cluny (878).

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