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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 146,415 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marquis de Custine is the 1,620th most popular writer (up from 1,857th in 2019), the 1,886th most popular biography from France (up from 2,090th in 2019) and the 238th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Russie en 1839
Description and travel, History, Journeys
1843
La Russie en 1839
Politics and government, Social life and customs, Description and travel
1843
L'Espagne sous Ferdinand VII
Description and travel, History, Accessible book
1838
Lettres de Russie
Description and travel, History
1946
Russia
Description and travel, Accessible book
1844
Aloys, ou, Le religieux du mont Saint-Bernard
1971

Page views of Marquis de Custines by language

Over the past year Marquis de Custine has had the most page views in the with 21,129 views, followed by English (19,309), and French (18,505). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (129.60%), Bulgarian (77.52%), and Azerbaijani (47.75%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marquis de Custine ranks 1,620 out of 7,302. Before him are Aharon Appelfeld, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, Alice Walker, Adèle Hugo, and Eupolis. After him are Ibn al-Farid, Jean de Meun, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Adamantios Korais, Sebastian Haffner, and Gore Vidal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Marquis de Custine ranks 14. Before him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, John Austin, and Robert Stirling. After him are Adolph Diesterweg, Gideon Mantell, Markos Botsaris, José Antonio Páez, William Parry, and Leopold, Prince of Salerno. Among people deceased in 1857, Marquis de Custine ranks 20. Before him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Louis Jacques Thénard, Johan Christian Dahl, Mangal Pandey, Josef Ressel, and Alcide d'Orbigny. After him are George Cayley, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Achille Devéria, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Vasily Tropinin, and Manuel Oribe.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marquis de Custine ranks 1,886 out of 6,770. Before him are Rudi Garcia (1964), Michel Polnareff (1944), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Paul Nizan (1905), Adèle Hugo (1830), and Nicolas Anelka (1979). After him are Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Jean de Meun (1240), and François Périer (1919).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marquis de Custine ranks 238. Before him are Jean Chapelain (1595), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Robert Desnos (1900), Marie de Gournay (1565), Pierre Reverdy (1889), and Adèle Hugo (1830). After him are Jean de Meun (1240), Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618).

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