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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

1718 - 1793

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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (Chinese: 錢德明; pinyin: Qián Démíng; February 8, 1718 – October 8, 1793) was a French Jesuit priest who worked in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Born in Toulon, Amiot entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at the age of 19. After he was ordained in 1746, he aspired to serve in an overseas mission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Joseph Marie Amiot has received more than 70,674 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot is the 2,901st most popular writer (down from 2,631st in 2019), the 3,035th most popular biography from France (down from 2,727th in 2019) and the 377th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 2,901 out of 5,755Before him are Marcellus of Ancyra, Hồ Xuân Hương, Abbās al-Aqqād, Jens Baggesen, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, and Emma Orczy. After him are William Goldman, Leah Goldberg, Xanthus, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Anne Applebaum, and Artur Lundkvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 13Before him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, and Antoine de Chézy. After him are John Canton, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 33Before him are John Michell, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Armand Louis de Gontaut, William Hudson, and William Aiton. After him are Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Karl Philipp Moritz, Charles de Bonchamps, Leopold Hofmann, Katsukawa Shunshō, and Timur Shah Durrani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 3,035 out of 6,011Before him are Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845), François Hanriot (1761), Raymond Sommer (1906), Rudi Garcia (1964), Olivier Panis (1966), and Charles Renouvier (1815). After him are Robbie Ross (1869), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Julius Leber (1891), Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), and Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 377Before him are Jacques Delille (1738), Claude Farrère (1876), Hervé Bazin (1911), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Gérard de Villiers (1929), and Pierre Gringore (1475). After him are Catulle Mendès (1841), Bernard Werber (1961), Henri Meilhac (1831), Jean-François Regnard (1655), Daniel Guérin (1904), and Vincent Voiture (1597).