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Georges Duhamel

1884 - 1966

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Georges Duhamel (; French: [dy.amɛl]; 30 June 1884 – 13 April 1966) was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Duhamel has received more than 102,049 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Duhamel is the 1,499th most popular writer (down from 1,486th in 2019), the 1,747th most popular biography from France (down from 1,696th in 2019) and the 217th most popular French Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georges Duhamel ranks 1,499 out of 7,302. Before him are Stéphane Hessel, Gil Vicente, Robert Jordan, Salvian, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Nora Roberts. After him are Ibn al-Khatib, Elsa Beskow, Guillaume de Lorris, Aksel Sandemose, Henry de Montherlant, and Jacopo Sannazaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Georges Duhamel ranks 57. Before him are Halide Edib Adıvar, Johan Laidoner, Gustave Garrigou, Robert J. Flaherty, Clark L. Hull, and Henri Cornet. After him are Drastamat Kanayan, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Gaston Aumoitte, Yasuji Okamura, Alexander Belyaev, and Wilhelm Backhaus. Among people deceased in 1966, Georges Duhamel ranks 52. Before him are Elizabeth Arden, Frank Lentini, Jisaburō Ozawa, L. E. J. Brouwer, Alexander von Falkenhausen, and Evelyn Waugh. After him are Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Wäinö Aaltonen, Bai Chongxi, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, and Margaret Sanger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Duhamel ranks 1,747 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne Guyon (1648), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), Everard des Barres (1113), Just Jaeckin (1940), and Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197). After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), and Gérard Houllier (1947).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Georges Duhamel ranks 217. Before him are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Francis Jammes (1868), René Char (1907), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Thoinot Arbeau (1520). After him are Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Henry de Montherlant (1895), Louise Labé (1524), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), and Anne Desclos (1907).

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