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Jean de La Bruyère

1645 - 1696

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Jean de La Bruyère (UK: , UK: , French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la bʁɥijɛʁ]; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean de La Bruyère has received more than 199,506 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jean de La Bruyère is the 897th most popular writer (down from 728th in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from France (down from 828th in 2019) and the 138th most popular French Writer.

Jean de la Bruyère is most famous for his satirical work, Les Caractères.

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  • 200k

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  • 61.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean de La Bruyère ranks 897 out of 5,755. Before him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rustichello da Pisa, Bertran de Born, Publilius Syrus, John Updike, and B. Traven. After him are Stefan George, Charles Maurras, John Grisham, Daniel Goleman, Samuel Richardson, and Noah Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Jean de La Bruyère ranks 4. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, William Kidd, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. After him are William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Andreas Werckmeister, Francis I Rákóczi, Eusebio Kino, Nicolas Lemery, and Anne Dacier. Among people deceased in 1696, Jean de La Bruyère ranks 6. Before him are John III Sobieski, Ivan V of Russia, Mariana of Austria, Empress Meishō, and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné. After him are Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Murad Giray, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, and Shi Lang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de La Bruyère ranks 1,058 out of 6,011. Before him are Henriette of France (1727), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), Alain Touraine (1925), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Léon Bonnat (1833), and Augustin Robespierre (1763). After him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Wilfred the Hairy (840), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Charles Maurras (1868), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), and Jean de Dunois (1402).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean de La Bruyère ranks 138. Before him are Maurice Denis (1870), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean de Joinville (1224), Eugène Scribe (1791), Jacques Clément (1567), and Bertran de Born (1140). After him are Charles Maurras (1868), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Georges Bernanos (1888), André Bazin (1918), Jules Renard (1864), and Alexandra David-Néel (1868).

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