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Paul Scarron

1610 - 1660

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Paul Scarron (c. 1 July 1610 – 6 October 1660) (a.k.a. Monsieur Scarron) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Scarron has received more than 118,294 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Paul Scarron is the 1,149th most popular writer (up from 1,202nd in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from France (up from 1,356th in 2019) and the 168th most popular French Writer.

Paul Scarron was a French satirist who is most famous for his novel "Le Roman Comique" (The Comic Novel).

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Scarron ranks 1,149 out of 5,755. Before him are Ilia Chavchavadze, Thomas Mayne Reid, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Charles De Coster, Pu Songling, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are Rosalía de Castro, Michel Tournier, Jean M. Auel, Robert Wilson, Alfred Kubin, and Jean Giono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Paul Scarron ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Adriaen van Ostade, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Jacob Kettler, David Teniers the Younger, and Ivan Sirko. After him are Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Jan Asselijn, Li Yu, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Maria Cunitz, and Jan Miense Molenaer. Among people deceased in 1660, Paul Scarron ranks 12. Before him are Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Pieter Claesz, Gevherhan Sultan, Francesco Albani, William Oughtred, and Ayşe Sultan. After him are George II Rákóczi, Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, and Govert Flinck.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 1,325 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel Serres (1930), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (1643), and Pierre Cauchon (1371). After him are Guillaume Brune (1763), François Rude (1784), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Michel Tournier (1924), Louis Vierne (1870), and Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 168. Before him are Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559). After him are Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675).

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