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Alain Daniélou

1907 - 1994

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Alain Daniélou (French: [danielu]; 4 October 1907 – 27 January 1994) was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer and Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite branch of Hinduism. In 1991, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Daniélou is the 426th most popular historian (down from 424th in 2019), the 4,490th most popular biography from France (down from 4,459th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alain Daniélou ranks 426 out of 561. Before him are Catharine Macaulay, Mary Ritter Beard, Andreas Alföldi, Henri Grégoire, Isabella Bashmakova, and Anton Heinrich Springer. After him are Stephen E. Ambrose, Ilya Berezin, Albrecht Weber, Martin van Creveld, Daniel J. Boorstin, and Charles A. Beard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Alain Daniélou ranks 290. Before him are Eugène Guillevic, Hassler Whitney, Dan Duryea, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Roderich Menzel, and Raúl Silva Henríquez. After him are George Raynor, Hagigat Rzayeva, Adalbert Steiner, László Szollás, Kinue Hitomi, and José Bustamante. Among people deceased in 1994, Alain Daniélou ranks 253. Before him are Joseph Iléo, Rudolf Firkušný, Severino Minelli, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Ljubomir Lovrić, and Russell Kirk. After him are Roger Bocquet, Edmond Keosayan, Gennady Voronov, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Homa Darabi, and Alberto Natusch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Daniélou ranks 4,490 out of 6,770. Before him are Christine Delphy (1941), Bruno Bellone (1962), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Rita Renoir (1934), Paul Montel (1876), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846). After him are Raymond Bellot (1929), Alain Perrin (1956), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Claude Puel (1961), Bernard Darniche (1942), and Antoine de Caunes (1953).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Alain Daniélou ranks 56. Before him are Léon Gautier (1832), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Marc Fumaroli (1932), Pierre Chaunu (1923), and Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960). After him are Alain Besançon (1932), René Rémond (1918), Michelle Perrot (1928), Jacques Barzun (1907), and Rémi Mathis (1982).

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