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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 42,638 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacques Delille is the 3,257th most popular writer (down from 2,838th in 2019), the 3,383rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,987th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Delille ranks 3,257 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriela Zapolska, Manès Sperber, Claude Bourgelat, Kosta Khetagurov, Kan Kikuchi, and Gregory Benford. After him are Oles Honchar, Emile Habibi, R. K. Narayan, Arnošt Muka, Ennio Flaiano, and William of Jumièges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Jacques Delille ranks 20. Before him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Johann Hermann, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, Jacques-André Naigeon, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Leopold Hofmann, John Singleton Copley, Betje Wolff, Matvey Kazakov, and Thomas Nelson Jr.. Among people deceased in 1813, Jacques Delille ranks 28. Before him are Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Johann Christian Reil, Anton Bernolák, Anton Graff, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Maria Caterina Brignole. After him are Robert Kerr, Theodor Körner, Edmund Randolph, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Benjamin Rush, and Robert R. Livingston.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 3,383 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Levassor (1843), Louis Bachelier (1870), Théodore Steeg (1868), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), and Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor (1770). After him are Sophie, Countess of Bar (1018), Emma Mackey (1996), Michel Lotito (1950), Déodat de Séverac (1872), Pascale Petit (1938), and Louis Seigner (1903).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 423. Before him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jules Barbier (1825), Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), Jules Vallès (1832), and Claude Bourgelat (1712). After him are William of Jumièges (1000), Maurice de Guérin (1810), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Bernard Maris (1946), Émile Faguet (1847), and Victor Segalen (1878).

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