PHILOSOPHER

Marcus Cornelius Fronto

100 - 160

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Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100 – late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Cornelius Fronto has received more than 169,084 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus Cornelius Fronto is the 553rd most popular philosopher (down from 470th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 41st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Algerian Philosopher.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 553 out of 1,267. Before him are Roger Scruton, Jacques Ellul, Harriet Taylor Mill, Crates of Athens, Narayana Guru, and Ammonius Hermiae. After him are Sergei Bulgakov, Al-Shahrastani, Eric Voegelin, Nicos Poulantzas, Manuel Chrysoloras, and Silvia Federici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 31. Before him are Domitia Longina, Valentinus, Agrippa the Skeptic, Saint Sabina, Vologases III of Parthia, and Simeon of Jerusalem. After him are Marinus of Tyre, Praxedes, Aquila of Sinope, Lusius Quietus, Gan Ying, and Quadratus of Athens. Among people deceased in 160, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 4. Before him are Marcion of Sinope, Shimon bar Yochai, and Valentinus. After him is Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 48 out of 213. Before him are Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Liamine Zéroual (1941), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), and Émile Boirac (1851). After him are Nicole Garcia (1946), Kusaila (640), René Viviani (1862), Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810), Rabah Madjer (1958), and Kateb Yacine (1929).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Algeria

Among philosophers born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 8. Before him are Jacques Derrida (1930), Louis Althusser (1918), Martianus Capella (360), Jacques Rancière (1940), Priscian (500), and Émile Boirac (1851). After him are Catherine Malabou (1959).

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