WRITER

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 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean Joseph Marie Amiot is the 3,212th most popular writer (down from 2,890th in 2019), the 3,333rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,025th in 2019) and the 417th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mémoires Concernant l'histoire, les Sciences, les Arts, les Moeurs, les Usages, &C. des Chinois, Volume 9...
2023
art de la Guerre : Les Treize Articles
2019
art de la Guerre
2020
Eloge de la Ville de Moukden et de Ses Environs
2023

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Over the past year Jean Joseph Marie Amiot has had the most page views in the with 9,828 views, followed by Chinese (3,287), and French (2,462). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (132.29%), Russian (51.51%), and Esperanto (49.48%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 3,212 out of 7,302. Before him are Imre Madách, Adam of Saint Victor, Corippus, Joan Brossa, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Nodira. After him are Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Ephraim Chambers, André Aciman, Jerzy Giedroyc, Victoria Benedictsson, and Pavlo Tychyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 16. Before him are John Canton, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Antoine de Chézy, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Israel Putnam, and Elizabeth Montagu. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 37. Before him are Armand Louis de Gontaut, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, William Hudson, and Charles de Bonchamps. After him are Karl Philipp Moritz, John Michell, Leopold Hofmann, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Katsukawa Shunshō, and Carl Gustaf Pilo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 3,333 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Giraudeau (1947), André Caplet (1878), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), and Alfred Grandidier (1836). After him are Charles de La Fosse (1636), Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845), John Francis Regis (1597), Claude Pompidou (1912), Christian Marin (1929), and Pierre Bachelet (1944).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 417. Before him are Tristan Bernard (1866), Daniel-Rops (1901), Casimir Delavigne (1793), Antoine de la Sale (1388), José Giovanni (1923), and Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755). After him are Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jules Barbier (1825), Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), Jules Vallès (1832), Claude Bourgelat (1712), and Jacques Delille (1738).

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