WRITER

Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

1829 - 1871

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Pierre Alexis, Viscount of Ponson du Terrail (8 July 1829 – 20 January 1871) was a French writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail has received more than 50,833 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail is the 2,160th most popular writer (down from 1,933rd in 2019), the 2,421st most popular biography from France (down from 2,182nd in 2019) and the 307th most popular French Writer.

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  • 55.65

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Serment des Hommes Rouges Aventures d'un Enfant de Paris
Femme Immortelle
Héritage Mystérieux
Les exploits de Rocambole
Résurrection de Rocambole - Tome II - Saint-Lazare - l'Auberge Maudite - la Maison de Fous
Misères de Londres 2. l'Enfant Perdu

Page views of Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrails by language

Over the past year Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail has had the most page views in the with 12,070 views, followed by English (7,059), and Italian (4,516). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (6,567.21%), Breton (48.19%), and Italian (47.34%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 2,160 out of 7,302Before him are Paul the Silentiary, Siri Hustvedt, Charles de Brosses, Amrita Pritam, Eduard Uspensky, and Paul Morand. After him are Ernst Robert Curtius, Al-Farazdaq, Phan Bội Châu, Michel Leiris, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, and Isaac the Blind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 27Before him are William Booth, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Ivan Sechenov, N. R. Pogson, and Maurice Joly. After him are Ludvig Lorenz, Joaquin Murrieta, Robert Nobel, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Franz Reuleaux, and Allan Octavian Hume. Among people deceased in 1871, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 25Before him are Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Charles Paul de Kock, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Moritz von Schwind, François-Joseph Fétis, and Pierre Leroux. After him are Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, August Immanuel Bekker, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Roderick Murchison, and Henry E. Steinway.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 2,421 out of 6,770Before him are Bernard of Menthon (923), Bernard Lyot (1897), Jean François de Troy (1679), Brigitte Lahaie (1955), Louis Anquetin (1861), and Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894). After him are Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Jean Eustache (1938), Michel Leiris (1901), and Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 307Before him are Maurice Joly (1829), Yvan Goll (1891), Savitri Devi (1905), Paul Féval, père (1816), Charles de Brosses (1709), and Paul Morand (1888). After him are Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Michel Leiris (1901), Isaac the Blind (1160), Auguste Maquet (1813), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), and Zygmunt Krasiński (1812).