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Joseph Bédier

1864 - 1938

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Joseph Bédier (28 January 1864 – 29 August 1938) was a French writer and historian of medieval France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bédier has received more than 57,332 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Bédier is the 1,361st most popular writer (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 1,568th most popular biography from France (down from 1,306th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular French Writer.

Joseph Bédier is most famous for his work on the Arthurian legend.

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  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,361 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert de Montesquiou, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, Wace, and Thornton Wilder. After him are Symeon the Metaphrast, Per Olov Enquist, Diana Gabaldon, Ibn al-Nadim, Joachim Fest, and Thomas Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Joseph Bédier ranks 43. Before him are Alfred Redl, John Jacob Astor IV, Eugen d'Albert, Kikunae Ikeda, Jakob von Uexküll, and Qi Baishi. After him are Séraphine Louis, Alfred Stieglitz, Tanaka Giichi, Auguste Charlois, Roman Dmowski, and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. Among people deceased in 1938, Joseph Bédier ranks 52. Before him are Yakov Yurovsky, Yevhen Konovalets, Nikolay Krestinsky, Robert Wiene, Alfonsina Storni, and Mary Mallon. After him are Aleksandr Kuprin, César Vallejo, Francis Jammes, Leo Frobenius, Ödön von Horváth, and Alexandru Averescu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,568 out of 6,770. Before him are Xavier de Maistre (1763), Édouard Herriot (1872), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Jane Avril (1868), and Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304). After him are Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), André Martinet (1908), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (1465), Jean Chardin (1643), and Corinne Cléry (1950).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 193. Before him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Henri Murger (1822), Adalberon (947), Xavier de Maistre (1763), and Robert de Montesquiou (1855). After him are Émile Gaboriau (1832), François de Malherbe (1555), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Jules de Goncourt (1830), and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911).

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