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Charles Nodier

1780 - 1844

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Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl emanɥɛl nɔdje]; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings influenced the later works of Gérard de Nerval. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Nodier is the 1,052nd most popular writer (down from 870th in 2019), the 1,223rd most popular biography from France (down from 994th in 2019) and the 159th most popular French Writer.

Charles Nodier is most famous for his work in the field of cryptology. He was one of the first to propose a system of cryptography based on polyalphabetic substitution.

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Among writers, Charles Nodier ranks 1,052 out of 7,302. Before him are James Hadley Chase, John Dryden, Jacques Clément, Alfred de Vigny, Marko Marulić, and Johannes Tauler. After him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Ernst Toller, Alfred Brehm, Gottfried von Strassburg, Alexander Litvinenko, and Sulpicius Severus.

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Among people born in 1780, Charles Nodier ranks 8. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz, Pauline Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, Hinrich Lichtenstein, and Pierre-Jean de Béranger. After him are Jules de Polignac, Ranjit Singh, Sacagawea, Jernej Kopitar, John Forsyth, and Mary Somerville. Among people deceased in 1844, Charles Nodier ranks 15. Before him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, William Beckford, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Flora Tristan. After him are Jernej Kopitar, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Marie Harel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Nodier ranks 1,223 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Chauvin (1790), Jacques Clément (1567), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Johannes Tauler (1300), and Isabella of Valois (1389). After him are Jules de Polignac (1780), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Louis, Count of Évreux (1276), and Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles Nodier ranks 159. Before him are Paulinus of Nola (354), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Bertran de Born (1140), Jacques Clément (1567), Alfred de Vigny (1797), and Johannes Tauler (1300). After him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Paul Bourget (1852), Michel Tournier (1924), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559).

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