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Augustin Barruel

1741 - 1820

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Augustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 – October 5, 1820) was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit priest. He is now mostly known for setting forth the conspiracy theory involving the Bavarian Illuminati and the Jacobins in his book Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (original title Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire du Jacobinisme) published in 1797. In short, Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Barruel is the 1,984th most popular writer (down from 1,893rd in 2019), the 2,258th most popular biography from France (down from 2,153rd in 2019) and the 281st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Augustin Barruel ranks 1,984 out of 7,302. Before him are Mina Witkojc, Eiji Tsuburaya, Savitri Devi, Robert Southey, Erinna, and George Meredith. After him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Philemon, Virginia Henderson, Jacques Collin de Plancy, and Jovan Dučić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Augustin Barruel ranks 17. Before him are Johann Kaspar Lavater, Andrea Luchesi, Nicolas Chamfort, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, and Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, and William Withering. Among people deceased in 1820, Augustin Barruel ranks 22. Before him are Jean-Lambert Tallien, William Wyatt Bibb, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Levi Lincoln Sr., and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney. After him are Alexander Mackenzie, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Arthur Young, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Gerhard von Kügelgen, and Benjamin West.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augustin Barruel ranks 2,258 out of 6,770. Before him are Savitri Devi (1905), Jean de Chelles (1200), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), Eric Abidal (1979), Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), and Guillaume Dubois (1656). After him are Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Charles Cros (1842), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Fulbert of Chartres (960), and Bertrand Barère (1755).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Augustin Barruel ranks 281. Before him are Charles de Brosses (1709), Fred Vargas (1957), Avitus of Vienne (450), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean Bruller (1902), and Savitri Devi (1905). After him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Paul Morand (1888), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), and Anne Golon (1921).

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