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Jacques Delille

1738 - 1813

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Jacques Delille (French: [dəlil]; 22 June 1738 at Aigueperse in Auvergne – 1 May 1813, in Paris) was a French poet who came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil’s Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening. He barely survived the slaughter of the French Revolution and lived for some years outside France, including three years in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Delille has received more than 38,807 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Delille is the 2,849th most popular writer (up from 3,038th in 2019), the 2,997th most popular biography from France (up from 2,998th in 2019) and the 371st most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Delille ranks 2,849 out of 5,755Before him are Camilla Collett, Mircea Cărtărescu, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Dritëro Agolli, Charles-Louis Philippe, and Olena Teliha. After him are Peter Høeg, Jean Rhys, Daniel Varoujan, Johan Borgen, Andrei Amalrik, and Ubayd Zakani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Jacques Delille ranks 17Before him are Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Richard Montgomery, Leopold Hofmann, and Matvey Kazakov. Among people deceased in 1813, Jacques Delille ranks 26Before him are Anton Graff, Maria Caterina Brignole, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Anton Bernolák, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Johann Christian Reil. After him are George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Theodor Körner, Edmund Randolph, Benjamin Rush, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, and Robert R. Livingston.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 2,997 out of 6,011Before him are Georges Descrières (1930), Claude Cahen (1909), Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825), Valery Larbaud (1881), William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153), and Charles-Louis Philippe (1874). After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), Jean Yanne (1933), Edita Piekha (1937), Henri Alekan (1909), Felice Borel (1914), and Antoine Brumel (1460).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 371Before him are Ludovic Halévy (1834), Lupus Servatus (805), Francis Ponge (1899), José Giovanni (1923), Valery Larbaud (1881), and Charles-Louis Philippe (1874). After him are Claude Farrère (1876), Hervé Bazin (1911), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Pierre Gringore (1475), and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718).