WRITER

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy

1716 - 1795

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Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Jacques Barthélemy has received more than 63,253 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jean-Jacques Barthélemy is the 2,344th most popular writer (down from 2,164th in 2019), the 2,619th most popular biography from France (down from 2,414th in 2019) and the 329th most popular French Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

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  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l\'ère vulgaire
2001
uvres complètes de J. J. Barthélemy
2001
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis
Antiquities, Civilization, Description and travel
1790
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce: dans le milieu du quatrième siècle ..
1793
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce
1804
Abrégé du Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce
Antiquities, Civilization, Social life and customs
1790

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy ranks 2,344 out of 7,302. Before him are Terence McKenna, Kathy Reichs, William Peter Blatty, Nennius, Terry Eagleton, and Marius Aventicensis. After him are Rabia Balkhi, Eugippius, Terry Bisson, Anton Bernolák, Karel Hynek Mácha, and Phocylides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy ranks 7. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Yosa Buson, Étienne Maurice Falconet, James Lind, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, and Joseph-Marie Vien. After him are Antonio de Ulloa, Yuan Mei, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Thomas Gray, Luis Egidio Meléndez, and Pehr Kalm. Among people deceased in 1795, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy ranks 19. Before him are James Boswell, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Samuel Wallis, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, and Pieter Boddaert. After him are Antonio de Ulloa, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Michel Corrette, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Grigory Shelikhov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy ranks 2,619 out of 6,770. Before him are Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726), Jacques-François Menou (1750), Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114), and Marius Aventicensis (532). After him are Christian Metz (1931), Élisabeth Badinter (1944), Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920), Françoise Dolto (1908), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), and Claude Rich (1929).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy ranks 329. Before him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Raspail (1925), Pascal Quignard (1948), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), and Marius Aventicensis (532). After him are Paul Adam (1862), Pierre Souvestre (1874), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Émile Augier (1820), André Frossard (1915), and Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952).

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