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Edmond François Valentin About

1828 - 1885

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Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond François Valentin About is the 1,538th most popular writer (down from 1,270th in 2019), the 1,772nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 222nd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,538 out of 7,302. Before him are Ausiàs March, Osvaldo Moles, Mukhtar Auezov, Karin Boye, Korney Chukovsky, and Henri de Régnier. After him are Kate Atkinson, Aksel Sandemose, Guido Adler, Seamus Heaney, Marianne Weber, and Hipponax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 20. Before him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Albert of Saxony, Louise of the Netherlands, John Langdon Down, Joseph Swan, and Paul Gachet. After him are Alexander Butlerov, Friedrich Albert Lange, Charles de Freycinet, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Iosif Gurko, and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1885, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 18. Before him are Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Charles George Gordon, Thomas Andrews, and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen. After him are Ferdinand Hiller, Henri Milne-Edwards, Iwasaki Yatarō, Moses Montefiore, Zuo Zongtang, and Aga Khan II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,772 out of 6,770. Before him are Balthasar Gérard (1557), William Farel (1489), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756), Maurice Herzog (1919), and Henri de Régnier (1864). After him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Zénaïde Bonaparte (1801), Louis Le Prince (1841), Recceswinth (620), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), and Frank Darabont (1959).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 222. Before him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Alphonse Allais (1854), and Henri de Régnier (1864). After him are Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Jules Romains (1885), Théodore de Banville (1823), and Tomi Ungerer (1931).

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