WRITER

Philippe Néricault Destouches

1680 - 1754

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Philippe Néricault Destouches (9 April 1680 – 4 July 1754) was a French playwright who wrote 22 plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Néricault Destouches has received more than 22,762 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Néricault Destouches is the 5,175th most popular writer (down from 4,617th in 2019), the 4,574th most popular biography from France (down from 4,087th in 2019) and the 586th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The heirs of Moliere
French drama (Comedy), French drama, Translations into English
2003
Oeuvres choisies
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Lausanne and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
1815
Tambour Nocturne
2018
Glorieux
2023
Triple Marriage
2011
Philosophe Marie, Ou le Mari Honteux de l'etre, Comedie en Vers et en 5 Actes
2023

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippe Néricault Destouches ranks 5,175 out of 7,302. Before him are János Pilinszky, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Mats Wahl, Elinor Glyn, Anna Brigadere, and Furqat. After him are John Kaminiates, Adelaide Anne Procter, Alexander Odoevsky, Tony Duvert, Ruth Klüger, and Enric Valor i Vives.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Philippe Néricault Destouches ranks 18. Before him are Johann Baptist Zimmermann, John Machin, Ephraim Chambers, Emanuele d'Astorga, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, and Angelo Maria Querini. After him are Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1754, Philippe Néricault Destouches ranks 16. Before him are Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Wu Jingzi, and Friedrich von Hagedorn. After him are James Gibbs, and Safdar Jang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Néricault Destouches ranks 4,574 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813), Darry Cowl (1925), Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe (1729), Stéphane Bruey (1932), Marcel Artelesa (1938), and Ariane Ascaride (1954). After him are Hubert Védrine (1947), Tony Duvert (1945), Pierre Moscovici (1957), Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul (1789), Judith Godrèche (1972), and Nabil Fekir (1993).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Philippe Néricault Destouches ranks 586. Before him are Raymond Schwartz (1894), Jean Aicard (1848), Roger Vercel (1894), Henri Béraud (1885), Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928), and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589). After him are Tony Duvert (1945), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Jacques Laurent (1919), Jean Clair (1940), and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884).

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