WRITER

François Pierre La Varenne

1618 - 1678

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François Pierre de la Varenne (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa pjɛʁ də la vaʁɛn], 1615–1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Pierre La Varenne has received more than 139,283 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). François Pierre La Varenne is the 1,684th most popular writer (up from 1,689th in 2019), the 1,944th most popular biography from France (down from 1,919th in 2019) and the 244th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' ecole des ragousts, ou, Le chef-d'oeuure du cuisinier, du patissier, et du confiturier
Early works to 1800, French Cookery, French Cooking
1669
Le cuisinier françois
Early works to 1800, French Cookery, French Cooking
1652
Le pastissier françois
Baking, Cookery (Eggs), Early works to 1800
1655
The French cook
Early works to 1800, French Cookery, French Cooking
1653
The French cook
Cookery, Early works to 1800, French Cookery
1653
Le cuisinier methodique
Early works to 1800, French Cookery, French Cooking
1660

Page views of François Pierre La Varennes by language

Over the past year François Pierre La Varenne has had the most page views in the with 16,450 views, followed by French (13,143), and Spanish (6,220). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (100.97%), Latin (37.01%), and Kazakh (36.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,684 out of 7,302. Before him are Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, Otfried Preußler, and Jean-Jacques Ampère. After him are Eliza Orzeszkowa, James Clavell, Anna Leonowens, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Branwell Brontë, and Hannah Szenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 6. Before him are Aurangzeb, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Ivan Bohun. After him are François Blondel, Peter Lely, Jan Dirksz Both, Jeremiah Horrocks, Juraj Križanić, and Michiel Sweerts. Among people deceased in 1678, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 6. Before him are Jacob Jordaens, Wu Sangui, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Anna Maria van Schurman, and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten. After him are Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Karel Dujardin, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Antonio de Pereda, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,944 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Jules Brunet (1838), Henri de Régnier (1864), and Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800). After him are Charles Fabry (1867), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Marcel Schwob (1867), Leslie Caron (1931), and Marc Augé (1935).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 244. Before him are Marquis de Custine (1790), Jean de Meun (1240), Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), and Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800). After him are Marcel Schwob (1867), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Jean Bodel (1165), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Pierre Plantard (1920), and Robert de Boron (1110).

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