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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

1669 - 1741

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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (6 April 1671 – 17 March 1741) was a French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau has received more than 54,207 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau is the 1,703rd most popular writer (up from 1,904th in 2019), the 1,961st most popular biography from France (up from 2,146th in 2019) and the 248th most popular French Writer.

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  • 54k

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  • 57.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Correspondance de Jean-Baptiste Rousseau et de Brossette
1910
Oeuvres choisies de M. Rousseau
Accessible book
1743
Œuvres de Rousseau
1748
Oeuvres
Accessible book
1842
OEuvres poétiques de J.B. Rousseau avec un commentaire par m. Amar
1824
Oeuvres choisies de J.B. Rousseau
1823

Page views of Jean-Baptiste Rousseaus by language

Over the past year Jean-Baptiste Rousseau has had the most page views in the with 6,037 views, followed by French (5,512), and Russian (2,764). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (145.00%), Russian (62.97%), and Mazandarani (58.24%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 1,703 out of 7,302. Before him are Ole Nydahl, John of Kronstadt, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Aleksa Šantić, Maximus the Greek, and Jean Bodel. After him are Shen Yue, Táhirih, Sheridan Le Fanu, Boris Akunin, Bernard Malamud, and Kateb Yacine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1669, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 5. Before him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Louis Marchand, and Wirich Philipp von Daun. After him are Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Maria Antonia of Austria, Davit Bek, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Sébastien Vaillant, and Jacob Bruce. Among people deceased in 1741, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 9. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Johann Joseph Fux, Wirich Philipp von Daun, and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. After him are Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Bernard de Montfaucon, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Jethro Tull, Blas de Lezo, and Georg Rafael Donner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 1,961 out of 6,770. Before him are William Clito (1102), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta (1866), Jean Bodel (1165), Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), and Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717). After him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), François Girardon (1628), David d'Angers (1788), Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1557), and Jean Rouch (1917).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 248. Before him are Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Marcel Schwob (1867), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), and Jean Bodel (1165). After him are Pierre Plantard (1920), Robert de Boron (1110), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Joseph Joubert (1754), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), and Michel Zevaco (1860).

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