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Marquis de Custine

1790 - 1857

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Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857) was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing, in particular his account of his visit to Russia, La Russie en 1839. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marquis de Custine has received more than 148,171 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Marquis de Custine is the 1,862nd most popular writer (down from 1,740th in 2019), the 2,097th most popular biography from France (down from 1,911th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marquis de Custine ranks 1,862 out of 5,755. Before him are Khurshidbanu Natavan, George MacDonald, Tarjei Vesaas, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Arseny Tarkovsky. After him are Bob Woodward, Hermann Bahr, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Pjetër Bogdani, Trygve Gulbranssen, and Alex Haley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Marquis de Custine ranks 18. Before him are Robert Stirling, Adolph Diesterweg, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Gideon Mantell, John Austin, and José Antonio Páez. After him are Markos Botsaris, Keisai Eisen, William Parry, Manuel Blanco Encalada, Karol Lipiński, and Nassau William Senior. Among people deceased in 1857, Marquis de Custine ranks 23. Before him are Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Josef Ressel, Alcide d'Orbigny, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, George Cayley, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Augustinos Kapodistrias, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Dionysios Solomos, and Christian Daniel Rauch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marquis de Custine ranks 2,097 out of 6,011. Before him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), and Pierre Fournier (1906). After him are Paul Belmondo (1963), Edmond Locard (1877), Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926), Jules Perrot (1810), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), and John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marquis de Custine ranks 262. Before him are Jacques Cazotte (1719), Yvan Goll (1891), Michel Zevaco (1860), Étienne Dolet (1509), Tristan Corbière (1845), and Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613). After him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Augustin Barruel (1741), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Julien Gracq (1910), Philippe Quinault (1635), and Roger Peyrefitte (1907).

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