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Countess of Ségur

1799 - 1874

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Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina (Russian: Софья Фёдоровна Ростопчина; 1 August 1799 in Saint Petersburg – 8 February 1874 in Paris), was a French writer of Russian birth and origin. She is best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie (Sophie's misfortunes), intended for children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Countess of Ségur is the 2,783rd most popular writer (down from 1,997th in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from Russia (down from 717th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Countess of Ségur ranks 2,783 out of 7,302. Before her are Commodian, Kekaumenos, Thomas Otway, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, and Salama Moussa. After her are Shakuntala Devi, Lars Norén, Taliesin, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Vince Gilligan, and Nemesianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Countess of Ségur ranks 27. Before her are Almeida Garrett, René Caillié, Vincenz Priessnitz, David Douglas, Ignaz von Döllinger, and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. After her are Ludwig Rellstab, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Jedediah Smith, Ferdinand Reich, Henri Druey, and Tanaka Hisashige. Among people deceased in 1874, Countess of Ségur ranks 29. Before her are Otto Hesse, Peter Andreas Hansen, Hans Christian Lumbye, Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, and Carl Meissner. After her are Gustaaf Wappers, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Lunalilo, and Abraham Geiger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Countess of Ségur ranks 948 out of 3,761. Before her are Eudoxia Streshneva (1608), Mstislav III of Kiev (1150), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Fyodor Apraksin (1661), Pyotr Lebedev (1866), and Alexander Kotov (1913). After her are Semyon Alapin (1856), Andrei Linde (1948), Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), Kurt Hensel (1861), and Platon Zubov (1767).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Countess of Ségur ranks 111. Before her are Nikolay Kostomarov (1817), Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Fyodor Sologub (1863), Vladimir Stasov (1824), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), and Franz Overbeck (1837). After her are Yury Yakovlev (1928), Vladimir Sorokin (1955), Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800), Andrei Sinyavsky (1925), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866), and Kondraty Ryleyev (1795).

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