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Nicholas Rémy

1530 - 1612

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Nicholas Rémy, Latin Remigius (1530–1616) was a French magistrate who claimed in his book to have overseen the execution of more than 800 witches and the torture or persecution of a similar number. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Rémy has received more than 44,934 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Rémy is the 3,624th most popular writer (down from 2,075th in 2019), the 3,641st most popular biography from France (down from 2,330th in 2019) and the 463rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 51.26

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A New Teacher's Survival Guide
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicholas Rémy ranks 3,624 out of 7,302. Before him are John Mauropous, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Vsevolod Ivanov, Charles Fort, Orientius, and Ida Vitale. After him are Johannes Jørgensen, Kurd Lasswitz, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Vasco Pratolini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Nicholas Rémy ranks 22. Before him are Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Symon Budny, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ranuccio Farnese, Grace O'Malley, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. After him is John Shakespeare. Among people deceased in 1612, Nicholas Rémy ranks 25. Before him are Giovanni de' Bardi, John Smyth, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Arima Harunobu, Konoe Sakihisa, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. After him are Giulio Cesare Polerio, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Juan de la Cueva, Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, and John Gerard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicholas Rémy ranks 3,641 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Regnault (1843), Eugène Simon (1848), Jacques Soustelle (1912), Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), Philippe Alliot (1954), and Jean Rostand (1894). After him are Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694), Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Charb (1967), Laetitia Casta (1978), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), and Apollonie Sabatier (1822).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicholas Rémy ranks 463. Before him are Robert Garnier (1534), Louis Pergaud (1882), Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920), Marcel Prévost (1862), Marc Levy (1961), and Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599). After him are François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Guillaume Musso (1974), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), René Huyghe (1906), Albert Aurier (1865), and Christiane Rochefort (1917).

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