WRITER

François Hotman

1524 - 1590

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François Hotman (23 August 1524 – 12 February 1590) was a French Protestant lawyer and writer, associated with the legal humanists and with the monarchomaques, who struggled against absolute monarchy. His first name is often written 'Francis' in English. His surname is Latinized by himself as Hotomanus, by others as Hotomannus and Hottomannus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Hotman has received more than 77,996 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). François Hotman is the 2,049th most popular writer (up from 2,293rd in 2019), the 2,308th most popular biography from France (up from 2,528th in 2019) and the 289th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La Gaule française
1991
De furoribus Gallicis
Early works to 1800, Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572, History
1573
Le tigre. (Pamphlet Antiguisard) de 1560
1970
Franc. Hotomani iurisconsulti, Francogallia
Early works to 1800, Politics and government, Constitutional history
1573
Franco-Gallia
2007

Page views of François Hotmen by language

Over the past year François Hotman has had the most page views in the with 9,010 views, followed by French (4,866), and Spanish (4,237). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (60.49%), Mazandarani (46.54%), and Asturian (38.74%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Hotman ranks 2,049 out of 7,302. Before him are Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Mahsati, Maria Konopnicka, Dora d'Istria, Joachim Neander, and Camilo Castelo Branco. After him are Nigidius Figulus, Jacopone da Todi, Erle Stanley Gardner, Lucilius Junior, Philip Kerr, and Clive Barker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, François Hotman ranks 11. Before him are Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and Rani Durgavati. After him are Plautilla Nelli, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Martin Guerre, and Thomas Erastus. Among people deceased in 1590, François Hotman ranks 15. Before him are Francis Walsingham, Charles de Bourbon, Marietta Robusti, Frans Hogenberg, Giambattista Benedetti, and Maddalena Casulana. After him are Leone Leoni, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Catherine of Ricci, André Thevet, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Germain Pilon.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Hotman ranks 2,308 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Christian-Jaque (1904), Ginette Neveu (1919), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and François Certain de Canrobert (1809). After him are Félix Ziem (1821), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), François Faber (1887), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), and Henri Duparc (1848).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Hotman ranks 289. Before him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), Julien Gracq (1910), Matthieu Ricard (1946), and Jean Paulhan (1884). After him are Catherine Breillat (1948), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Yasmina Reza (1959), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Dominique Venner (1935), and Philippe Sollers (1936).

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