WRITER

Pierre Souvestre

1874 - 1914

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Pierre Souvestre (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ suvɛstʁ]; 1 June 1874 – 26 February 1914) was a French lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer of motor races. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Souvestre has received more than 27,046 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Souvestre is the 2,376th most popular writer (up from 3,055th in 2019), the 2,641st most popular biography from France (up from 3,118th in 2019) and the 331st most popular French Writer.

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  • 1.26

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Souvestre ranks 2,376 out of 7,302Before him are Ludovico di Varthema, Dionysios Solomos, Leonard Woolf, Edith Hamilton, Cigerxwîn, and Jonas Jonasson. After him are Fredrika Bremer, Neil Postman, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Aagje Deken, Aino Kallas, and Agathangelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Pierre Souvestre ranks 82Before him are István Bethlen, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Lina Cavalieri, Laura Montoya, Clemens von Pirquet, and Joseph Klausner. After him are Gustave Whitehead, Rosa Albach-Retty, Nikolai Korotkov, Frédéric François-Marsal, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, and Ernest Duchesne. Among people deceased in 1914, Pierre Souvestre ranks 52Before him are Charles Martin Hall, Ödön Lechner, John Muir, Albert Günther, Giovanni Sgambati, and David Gill. After him are Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Paul Héroult, Charles Devendeville, George William Hill, Anselmo Lorenzo, and Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Souvestre ranks 2,641 out of 6,770Before him are Odo I, Count of Blois (950), Thomas Piketty (1971), Georges Wilson (1921), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Adolphe Monticelli (1824), and Dominique Colonna (1928). After him are François Joseph Westermann (1751), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), André Cayatte (1909), Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639), Paul Ramadier (1888), and Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Souvestre ranks 331Before him are Pascal Quignard (1948), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Marius Aventicensis (532), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), and Paul Adam (1862). After him are Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Émile Augier (1820), André Frossard (1915), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Eustache Deschamps (1346), and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674).