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Pierre Grimal

1912 - 1996

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Pierre Grimal (November 21, 1912, in Paris – November 2, 1996, in Paris) was a French historian, classicist and Latinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Grimal has received more than 35,872 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierre Grimal is the 2,834th most popular writer (up from 3,230th in 2019), the 3,036th most popular biography from France (up from 3,232nd in 2019) and the 379th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sénèque
Ancient Philosophy, Authors, Latin, Biography
1948
Rome
Interviews, Description and travel, Social life and customs
1962
Hellenism and the rise of Rome
Civilization, Hellenism, History
1968
Larousse world mythology
Mythology
Myths, cults, and rites of every land illustrated in color and black and white.
1965
Dictionnaire de la mythologie grecque et romaine
Dictionnaires français, Français, Mythologie
1951
The civilization of Rome
Civilization, Social life and customs, Manners and customs
History, culture and daily life of Ancient Rome. Contains more than 200 pictures, as well as plans, a chronological table, and a historical and biographical dictionary which serves an index.
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Grimal ranks 2,834 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Couperus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Hitoshi Igarashi, Adam Michnik, Joseph Delaney, and John the Lydian. After him are Ronald Harwood, Ben Hecht, Peter Høeg, Fritz Mauthner, Delmira Agustini, and Mariama Bâ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Pierre Grimal ranks 155. Before him are Béla Király, Günter Wand, Jacques Bergier, Lev Kopelev, Naoto Tajima, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. After him are Andre Norton, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Rudolf Vytlačil, Eve Arnold, Kurt Sanderling, and Wendy Hiller. Among people deceased in 1996, Pierre Grimal ranks 124. Before him are Hyman Minsky, Chas Chandler, Jerry Siegel, Ljuba Welitsch, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Dan Flavin. After him are Tito Okello, Arleigh Burke, Hervé Bazin, José Donoso, Max Manus, and Georgios Zoitakis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Grimal ranks 3,036 out of 6,770. Before him are Augusta Holmès (1847), Lupus of Troyes (395), Louise Bertin (1805), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Marie Antoinette Murat (1793), and Pierre Wantzel (1814). After him are Jacques Santini (1952), Guy Laroche (1921), Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403), Phillipe de Plessis (1165), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), and Charles Wolf (1827).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Grimal ranks 379. Before him are André Salmon (1881), Marie Marvingt (1875), Francis Ponge (1899), Albert Robida (1848), Pierre Benoit (1886), and Jean Lorrain (1855). After him are Guiraut Riquier (1230), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Léon Daudet (1867), Jean Richepin (1849), Armand Salacrou (1899), and Jean-François Revel (1924).

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