WRITER

Jean-François Marmontel

1723 - 1799

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Jean-François Marmontel (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁmɔ̃tɛl]; 11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François Marmontel has received more than 82,991 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jean-François Marmontel is the 1,568th most popular writer (up from 1,577th in 2019), the 1,827th most popular biography from France (down from 1,798th in 2019) and the 231st most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L'amitié à l'épreuve
1802
Memoirs of Marmontel
Court and courtiers, French Authors, Biography
1805
Bélisaire
Fiction, Generals, Accessible book
1767
Contes moraux
1764
Belisaire
Fiction, Accessible book
1767
Les Incas
Fiction, History, Incas
1777

Page views of Jean-François Marmontels by language

Over the past year Jean-François Marmontel has had the most page views in the with 12,230 views, followed by English (9,842), and Spanish (3,058). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (199.22%), Finnish (74.64%), and Hungarian (48.07%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 1,568 out of 7,302. Before him are William Heinesen, Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, Philippe de Commines, Hugh Lofting, and Robert Brasillach. After him are Jonas Lie, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sister Nivedita, Gustav Landauer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and Ahmad ibn Mājid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 11. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Carl Friedrich Abel, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, and Johann Bernhard Basedow. After him are Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Mir Taqi Mir, Tobias Mayer, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1799, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 19. Before him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, and Jean-Charles de Borda. After him are Johann Hedwig, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Claude Balbastre, and Marcus Elieser Bloch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 1,827 out of 6,770. Before him are Lucile Desmoulins (1770), Philippe de Commines (1447), Yves Congar (1904), Jean Alesi (1964), Robert Brasillach (1909), and Georg Muffat (1653). After him are Anselme Payen (1795), Vincent of Lérins (400), Philippe de Broca (1933), Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), and Charlotte Bonaparte (1802).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 231. Before him are Raymond Roussel (1877), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Marcel Achard (1899), Anna de Noailles (1876), Philippe de Commines (1447), and Robert Brasillach (1909). After him are Jean Chapelain (1595), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Robert Desnos (1900), Marie de Gournay (1565), Pierre Reverdy (1889), and Adèle Hugo (1830).

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