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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 53,644 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joseph Bédier is the 1,133rd most popular writer (up from 1,164th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from France (down from 1,298th in 2019) and the 165th most popular French Writer.

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

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  • 54k

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  • 60.01

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,133 out of 5,755Before him are Rigas Feraios, Ouyang Xiu, Polyaenus, Rex Stout, Yakub Kolas, and Nikolai Leskov. After him are Raymond Radiguet, Catherine de Bourbon, Ivan Cankar, Cosmas of Prague, Fernando Arrabal, and Vasily Zhukovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Joseph Bédier ranks 40Before him are Li Yuanhong, Branislav Nušić, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Ethel Voynich, Andrej Hlinka, and Alfred Redl. After him are Draga Mašin, Eugen d'Albert, Jakob von Uexküll, Qi Baishi, Peter Deunov, and Robert E. Park. Among people deceased in 1938, Joseph Bédier ranks 46Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Mary Mallon, Ernst Barlach, William Stern, Branislav Nušić, and Andrej Hlinka. After him are Marianne von Werefkin, Nikolay Krestinsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Robert Wiene, and Alfonsina Storni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,311 out of 6,011Before him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Charles Boyer (1899), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), and Everard des Barres (1113). After him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Eva Green (1980), Lothair II of Italy (1000), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 165Before him are Marcel Pagnol (1895), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Joachim du Bellay (1522). After him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), and Alain-Fournier (1886).