WRITER

Maurice Schumann

1911 - 1998

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Maurice Schumann (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ʃuman]; 10 April 1911 – 9 February 1998) was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou from 22 June 1969 to 15 March 1973. Schumann was a member of the Christian democratic Popular Republican Movement. The son of an Alsatian Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother, he studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and the Lycée Henri-IV. He converted to his mother's faith in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Schumann has received more than 68,057 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Schumann is the 3,845th most popular writer (down from 3,773rd in 2019), the 3,803rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,601st in 2019) and the 479th most popular French Writer.

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  • 50.68

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' épée de l'amité
Le concerto en ut majeur
L'homme des tempêtes, conférence prononcée le 12 avril 1946
Bergson, ou, Le retour de Dieu
Philosophy and religion
Qui a tué le duc d'Enghien?
History, Princes, Biography
La mort née de leur propre vie: Péguy, Simone Weil, Ganchi
Death

Page views of Maurice Schumanns by language

Over the past year Maurice Schumann has had the most page views in the with 22,545 views, followed by English (8,364), and German (1,908). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Franco-Provençal (75.78%), Latin (53.93%), and Swedish (47.04%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Schumann ranks 3,845 out of 7,302Before him are Crates, Minette Walters, Mikhail Shishkin, Anton Pann, Cesar Millan, and A. Merritt. After him are Marianne Moore, Paul Fort, Geo Milev, Robert Pinget, Antun Mihanović, and Alberto Hurtado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Maurice Schumann ranks 185Before him are Kaj Franck, Said Akl, Butterfly McQueen, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Nicolae Kovács, and Juan Carlos Zabala. After him are André Navarra, Willem Johan Kolff, Mahmoud Taleghani, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Mutara III Rudahigwa, and Gavriil Kachalin. Among people deceased in 1998, Maurice Schumann ranks 171Before him are Inge Scholl, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Eric Ambler, Rolan Bykov, Michèle Arnaud, and Lilí Álvarez. After him are Bruno Rodzik, Gloria Fuertes, Nicholas Kurti, Ludvík Daněk, Galina Starovoytova, and Jack Lord.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Schumann ranks 3,803 out of 6,770Before him are Maurice Godelier (1934), Michèle Arnaud (1919), Marcel Balsa (1909), Antonin Mercié (1845), Jean-François Rewbell (1747), and Jacques Simon (1941). After him are Henri Dentz (1881), Paul Fort (1872), Chlodulf of Metz (null), Eddy Mitchell (1942), Mathilda May (1965), and Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Schumann ranks 479Before him are Henry Bataille (1872), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Judith Gautier (1845), Charles Simon Favart (1710), François Cavanna (1923), and Maurice Paléologue (1859). After him are Paul Fort (1872), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), Maria Deraismes (1828), Thomas Murner (1475), and Maurice Scève (1501).