WRITER

Léo Taxil

1854 - 1907

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Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, better known by the pen name Léo Taxil (French: [leo taksil]; March 21, 1854 – March 31, 1907), was a French writer and journalist who became known for his strong anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léo Taxil has received more than 167,445 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Léo Taxil is the 1,209th most popular writer (up from 1,423rd in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,624th in 2019) and the 176th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pie IX devant l'histoire
Controversial literature, Catholic Church, Anti-Catholicism
1883
Les débauches d'un confesseur
Confession, Sexual ethics
1884
Les Frères Trois-Points
Aspect religieux, Franc-maçonnerie, Église catholique
1885
La corruption fin-de-siècle
Prostitution, Accessible book
1894

Page views of Léo Taxils by language

Over the past year Léo Taxil has had the most page views in the with 25,774 views, followed by Russian (21,703), and French (12,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (96.99%), Hungarian (51.50%), and English (36.75%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léo Taxil ranks 1,209 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Khallikan, Roger Caillois, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Odoric of Pordenone, Ida Tarbell, and Theodor Storm. After him are Daniil Kharms, Alexander Ostrovsky, Martha Gellhorn, Johann Peter Eckermann, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Léo Taxil ranks 19. Before him are Georges Picquart, George Eastman, Albert Edelfelt, Johannes Rydberg, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Paul Natorp. After him are Paul von Rennenkampf, Georg Kerschensteiner, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yan Fu, Salomon August Andrée, and Alfredo Catalani. Among people deceased in 1907, Léo Taxil ranks 24. Before him are Kato Svanidze, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Marcellin Berthelot, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Franz Sacher, Qiu Jin, William Henry Perkin, Henry Steel Olcott, Hermann Carl Vogel, and Kuno Fischer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 1,373 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Roger Caillois (1913), Pierre Mauroy (1928), Victor Cousin (1792), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), and Jacqueline Boyer (1941). After him are Michel Adanson (1727), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Eva Green (1980), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), and Arbogast (340).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 176. Before him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Vivant Denon (1747), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Roger Caillois (1913). After him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Roland Topor (1938), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), and Paul Scarron (1610).

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