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Théophile Thoré-Bürger

1807 - 1869

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Étienne-Joseph-Théophile Thoré (better known as Théophile Thoré-Bürger) (23 June 1807–30 April 1869) was a French journalist and art critic. He is best known today for rediscovering the work of painter Johannes Vermeer and several other prominent Dutch artists. Today, Thoré-Bürger is best known for rediscovering the work of Johannes Vermeer and Carel Fabritius He lived for more than a decade with Apolline Lacroix, the wife of his collaborator Paul Lacroix, the curator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Théophile Thoré-Bürger has received more than 62,879 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Théophile Thoré-Bürger is the 3,740th most popular writer (down from 3,536th in 2019), the 3,714th most popular biography from France (down from 3,443rd in 2019) and the 472nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Théophile Thoré-Bürger ranks 3,740 out of 7,302. Before him are José Emilio Pacheco, Margit Kaffka, Og Mandino, Franco Sacchetti, Ernst Jandl, and Jules Janin. After him are Oton Župančič, Johannes Linnankoski, Henry Bataille, Laza Kostić, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, and Gabriel Chevallier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Théophile Thoré-Bürger ranks 34. Before him are Robert Blum, Joseph Decaisne, Arnold Henry Guyot, Adrien-François Servais, Ignatius Brianchaninov, and Napoléon Henri Reber. After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Barbu Catargiu, Ye Mingchen, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Anna Russell, and Luigi Palmieri. Among people deceased in 1869, Théophile Thoré-Bürger ranks 36. Before him are Julian Fontana, Juraj Haulik, Juan Almonte, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Adolphe Niel, and Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. After him are Ōmura Masujirō, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Johann Georg von Hahn, Otto Jahn, and Gheorghe Asachi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théophile Thoré-Bürger ranks 3,714 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Coralli (1779), André Clot (1909), Walid Regragui (1975), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), and Jules Janin (1804). After him are Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui (1798), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Julien Dupré (1851), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747), and Henry Bataille (1872).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Théophile Thoré-Bürger ranks 472. Before him are Gaston Rébuffat (1921), René Huyghe (1906), Albert Aurier (1865), Christiane Rochefort (1917), Jules Lemaître (1853), and Jules Janin (1804). After him are Henry Bataille (1872), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Judith Gautier (1845), Charles Simon Favart (1710), François Cavanna (1923), and Maurice Paléologue (1859).

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