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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 62,607 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Edmond François Valentin About is the 1,682nd most popular writer (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from France (down from 1,543rd in 2019) and the 238th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,682 out of 5,755Before him are Acusilaus, Alexander Polyhistor, Marin Držić, Camilla Läckberg, Langston Hughes, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer. After him are José de Espronceda, Ibn al-Khatib, Dominique Venner, Juan Goytisolo, Augusto Roa Bastos, and Rodulfus Glaber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 23Before him are Joseph Swan, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Paul Gachet, Alexander Butlerov, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. After him are Iosif Gurko, Friedrich Albert Lange, Antoinette de Mérode, Dora d'Istria, Andrew Taylor Still, and Charles de Freycinet. Among people deceased in 1885, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 20Before him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Moses Montefiore, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Ferdinand Hiller, and Zuo Zongtang. After him are Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Gustav Nachtigal, Louis Riel, Henri Tresca, and George B. McClellan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,917 out of 6,011Before him are Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Patrick Dewaere (1947), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), and Jacques Dutronc (1943). After him are Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Guy Hamilton (1922), Dominique Venner (1935), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), and Rodulfus Glaber (985).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 238Before him are René Char (1907), Hincmar (806), Avitus of Vienne (450), Robert Brasillach (1909), Robert de Boron (1110), and Philippe de Commines (1447). After him are Dominique Venner (1935), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Henri de Régnier (1864), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), and Jules Romains (1885).