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Gaston Paris

1839 - 1903

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Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ paʁis]; 9 August 1839 – 5 March 1903) was a French literary historian, philologist, and scholar specialized in Romance studies and medieval French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Paris has received more than 58,841 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gaston Paris is the 2,111th most popular writer (up from 2,250th in 2019), the 2,364th most popular biography from France (up from 2,483rd in 2019) and the 300th most popular French Writer.

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  • 55.82

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Extraits de la Chanson de Roland
Accessible book
1891
Histoire poétique de Charlemagne
History and criticism, French poetry, Romances
1865
Chrestomathie du moyen âge
French language, Readers, Old French
1897
La littérature française au moyen âge (XIe-XIVe siècle)
French literature, History and criticism, Bibliography
1888
Légendes du Moyen Âge
Comparative Literature, Legends, Literature, Comparative
1903
La poésie du moyen âge
Comparative Literature, French literature, History and criticism
1885

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaston Paris ranks 2,111 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Brooks, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Choniates, Patrick O'Brian, D. R. Bendre, and Ramón Sampedro. After him are Sholem Asch, James Herbert Brennan, Orderic Vitalis, John Kennedy Toole, Consort Ban, and Tadeusz Borowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Gaston Paris ranks 28. Before him are Konstantin Makovsky, Jamsetji Tata, Floriano Peixoto, Henry George, Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, and Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria. After him are Hermann Levi, Ivan Goremykin, Takasugi Shinsaku, Nagakura Shinpachi, Béni Kállay, and Imre Steindl. Among people deceased in 1903, Gaston Paris ranks 28. Before him are Marcel Renault, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Sabino Arana, James Glaisher, Ronglu, and Sophie Gengembre Anderson. After him are Apolinario Mabini, Hans Gude, Rudolf Lipschitz, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Émile Baudot, and Giuseppe Zanardelli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Paris ranks 2,364 out of 6,770. Before him are John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844), Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), Guillaume Postel (1510), and Jean Rapp (1771). After him are Line Renaud (1928), Jacques Loussier (1934), Jean Carmet (1920), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Boniface, Count of Savoy (1244), and Michel Petrucciani (1962).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gaston Paris ranks 300. Before him are Dominique Venner (1935), Philippe Sollers (1936), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Jean Bruller (1902), Anne Golon (1921), and François Coppée (1842). After him are Maurice Joly (1829), Yvan Goll (1891), Savitri Devi (1905), Paul Féval, père (1816), Charles de Brosses (1709), and Paul Morand (1888).

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