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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal

1713 - 1796

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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796), also known as Abbé Raynal, was a French writer, former Catholic priest, and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume Thomas François Raynal has received more than 127,573 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Thomas François Raynal is the 2,289th most popular writer (down from 2,100th in 2019), the 2,563rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,353rd in 2019) and the 323rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 2,289 out of 7,302Before him are J.-H. Rosny aîné, Cao Yu, Ding Ling, William Steig, Bálint Balassi, and José-Maria de Heredia. After him are Jean Raspail, José Zorrilla, Jaan Kaplinski, Karlheinz Deschner, George Adamski, and Phylarchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 12Before him are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Junípero Serra, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Johann Ludwig Krebs. After him are John Needham, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Allan Ramsay, and John Whitehurst. Among people deceased in 1796, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 18Before him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, François de Charette, Velu Nachiyar, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde. After him are Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, François Séverin Marceau, William Chambers, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Juan José Elhuyar, and Philip Carteret.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 2,563 out of 6,770Before him are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), Christophe Galtier (1966), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), Simone Simon (1911), and Alfred Loisy (1857). After him are Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Charles Vanel (1892), Jean Raspail (1925), Robert de Cotte (1656), and Martine Aubry (1950).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 323Before him are Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Georges Ohnet (1848), Édouard Drumont (1844), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), and Henri Desgrange (1865). After him are Jean Raspail (1925), Pascal Quignard (1948), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Marius Aventicensis (532), and Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716).