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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

1627 - 1704

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Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (French: [bɔsɥɛ]; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and literary works, he is considered one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a master stylist of the French language. A native of Dijon, Bossuet was educated at a Jesuit school before enrolling in the College of Navarre in Paris, where he studied philosophy and theology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet has received more than 452,877 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet is the 458th most popular writer (down from 371st in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from France (down from 407th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Writer.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a French bishop, theologian, and statesman. He is most famous for his "Discourse on Universal History" which is a history of the world from the time of Adam to the present.

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Among writers, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 458 out of 5,755. Before him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Athenaeus, Anaïs Nin, Salman Rushdie, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and William of Rubruck. After him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasily Grossman, Wu Cheng'en, Enheduanna, and Léopold Sédar Senghor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1627, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 4. Before him are Robert Boyle, Turhan Hatice Sultan, and Shivaji. After him are Aşub Sultan, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, John Ray, Willem van Aelst, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Petro Doroshenko, and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi. Among people deceased in 1704, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 4. Before him are John Locke, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia. After him are Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Selim I Giray, Charles Plumier, and Menno van Coehoorn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 536 out of 6,011. Before him are John Vianney (1786), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), Eugène Boudin (1824), Anaïs Nin (1903), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), and William of Rubruck (1220). After him are Rashi (1040), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Joseph Black (1728), Charles II of Navarre (1332), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and Avitus (395).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 79. Before him are Louise de La Vallière (1644), Patrick Modiano (1945), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Ève Curie (1904), Anaïs Nin (1903), and William of Rubruck (1220). After him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), René Guénon (1886), Jacques Hébert (1757), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), and Gaston Leroux (1868).

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