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Philippe Ariès

1914 - 1984

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Philippe Ariès (French: [filip aʁjɛs]; 21 July 1914 – 8 February 1984) was a French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood, in the style of Georges Duby. He wrote many books on the common daily life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Ariès has received more than 166,899 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Philippe Ariès is the 775th most popular writer (down from 748th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from France (down from 849th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular French Writer.

Philippe Ariès is most famous for his book Centuries of Childhood. In this book, he argues that the idea of childhood as a distinct phase of life, with its own characteristics and needs, is a relatively recent invention, emerging in the late 18th century.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippe Ariès ranks 775 out of 5,755Before him are Joseph of Anchieta, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Maurice Druon, André Chénier, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Sherwood Anderson. After him are Italo Svevo, Nestor the Chronicler, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Mikael Agricola, John Jacob Astor IV, and Bettina von Arnim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Philippe Ariès ranks 28Before him are Willi Stoph, Joe Louis, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Desmond Llewelyn, Karl Carstens, and Joe DiMaggio. After him are George Dantzig, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Robert Wise, Peter Townsend, Louis, Prince Napoléon, and Etty Hillesum. Among people deceased in 1984, Philippe Ariès ranks 26Before him are Karl Wolff, Marvin Gaye, Oleg Antonov, Pyotr Kapitsa, Carl Ferdinand Cori, and Sam Peckinpah. After him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Viktor Shklovsky, Martin Ryle, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Vicente Aleixandre, and Stanislaw Ulam.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Ariès ranks 916 out of 6,011Before him are Antoine Arnauld (1612), Maurice Druon (1918), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292). After him are Michael Lonsdale (1931), Pierre Méchain (1744), René Clément (1913), Edgar Morin (1921), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), and Saint Eligius (588).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Philippe Ariès ranks 122Before him are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Marie de France (1101), George Steiner (1929), Maurice Druon (1918), and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657). After him are Juliette Récamier (1777), Max Jacob (1876), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Jean Anouilh (1910), Laura de Noves (1310), and Madame Roland (1754).