WRITER

Jean-Jacques Ampère

1800 - 1864

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Jean-Jacques Ampère (12 August 1800 – 27 March 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836). Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Jacques Ampère has received more than 43,423 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean-Jacques Ampère is the 1,683rd most popular writer (down from 1,515th in 2019), the 1,943rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,729th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 25

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  • 1.71

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Notable Works

Promenade en Amérique: États-Unis--Cuba--Mexique
Accessible book
1860
Mélanges d\'histoire littéraire et de littérature
2001
La Grèce, Rome et Dante: études littéraires d'après nature
Accessible book
1850
Histoire littéraire de la France avant Charlemagne
1870
Histoire littéraire de la France avant le douzième siècle
Civilization, Medieval, in literature, French literature, History and criticism
1974
L'histoire romaine à Rome
Accessible book
1862

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 1,683 out of 7,302. Before him are Jules Romains, Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, and Otfried Preußler. After him are François Pierre La Varenne, Eliza Orzeszkowa, James Clavell, Anna Leonowens, Eustathius of Thessalonica, and Branwell Brontë.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 24. Before him are Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Juan José Flores, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, and Pauline Therese of Württemberg. After him are Roberto de Visiani, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Henri Milne-Edwards, and Achille Devéria. Among people deceased in 1864, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 20. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, John Hanning Speke, Juan José Flores, Hong Tianguifu, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. After him are Aimable Pélissier, Antoinette de Mérode, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Stephen Foster, David Roberts, and Adam Wilhelm Moltke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 1,943 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Romains (1885), Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Jules Brunet (1838), and Henri de Régnier (1864). After him are François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Charles Fabry (1867), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Leslie Caron (1931).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 243. Before him are Adèle Hugo (1830), Marquis de Custine (1790), Jean de Meun (1240), Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), and Henri de Régnier (1864). After him are François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Marcel Schwob (1867), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Jean Bodel (1165), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), and Pierre Plantard (1920).

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