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Émile Gaboriau

1832 - 1873

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Émile Gaboriau (9 November 1832 – 28 September 1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Gaboriau is the 1,258th most popular writer (up from 1,368th in 2019), the 1,432nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,585th in 2019) and the 181st most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Émile Gaboriau ranks 1,258 out of 7,302Before him are Richard Henry Dana Jr., Valerie Solanas, Josef Čapek, John of Ruusbroec, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Ivan Kotliarevsky. After him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Siegfried Kracauer, John Tzetzes, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Rodolphe Töpffer, and Madame d'Aulnoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Émile Gaboriau ranks 25Before him are Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Jules Ferry, Osman Nuri Pasha, Felice Beato, and Alfred von Waldersee. After him are Wilhelm Busch, Michel Bréal, Louis Paul Cailletet, William Le Baron Jenney, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, and Henry Steel Olcott. Among people deceased in 1873, Émile Gaboriau ranks 17Before him are Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Vasil Levski, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Louis Agassiz, and Fyodor Tyutchev. After him are Jean Chacornac, Adam Sedgwick, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Sheridan Le Fanu, José Antonio Páez, and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Gaboriau ranks 1,432 out of 6,770Before him are Ansegisel (602), Louis de Bonald (1754), Michèle Mouton (1951), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Geneviève Grad (1944), and Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304). After him are Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Bertrand Blier (1939), Philippe Starck (1949), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), and Madame d'Aulnoy (1651).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Émile Gaboriau ranks 181Before him are Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Charles Péguy (1873), and Léon Bloy (1846). After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Pierre Larousse (1817), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Jean Giono (1895).