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Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme

1540 - 1614

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Pierre de Bourdeille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də buʁdɛj], c. 1540 – 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme has received more than 61,337 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme is the 134th most popular historian (down from 125th in 2019), the 2,062nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,058th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 134 out of 561. Before him are Aban ibn Uthman, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Peter Burke, Emmanuel Todd, François Furet, and Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. After him are Michael Attaleiates, Hieronymus Wolf, Jan Assmann, Evagrius Scholasticus, John Kinnamos, and Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 14. Before him are Hümaşah Sultan, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Gasparo da Salò, José de Acosta, and Won Gyun. After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Ostilio Ricci, Denis Calvaert, Paschal Baylón, Simone Peterzano, and Sedefkar Mehmed Agha. Among people deceased in 1614, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 9. Before him are Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg. After him are Luís Vaz de Torres, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Man Singh I, Isaac Casaubon, Sibylla of Anhalt, and Felice Anerio.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 2,062 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), Eugène Carrière (1849), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), and Paul Virilio (1932). After him are Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749), Laurent Fignon (1960), Robert Estienne (1503), Léon Duguit (1859), and Rodulfus Glaber (985).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 19. Before him are Georges Duby (1919), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Paul Veyne (1930), René Grousset (1885), Emmanuel Todd (1951), and François Furet (1927). After him are Augustin Thierry (1795), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Edgar Quinet (1803), Charles Diehl (1859), and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610).

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