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Francis de Laporte de Castelnau

1810 - 1880

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François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau (born François-Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force; 24 December 1802 – 4 February 1880) was a French naturalist, also known as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis de Laporte de Castelnau is the 2,854th most popular writer (up from 4,501st in 2019), the 2,371st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,216th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau ranks 2,854 out of 7,302. Before him are Massimo Bontempelli, Benjamin Fondane, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Per Petterson, Theodore Prodromos, and Adam Michnik. After him are Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Unsuri, Jules Vallès, Catulle Mendès, and Tom Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau ranks 52. Before him are Stanko Vraz, Louise Colet, Margaret Fuller, Ferdinand David, Alexandre Herculano, and Maurice de Guérin. After him are Johann Löwenthal, Giovanni Lanza, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Abraham Geiger, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, and Julian Fontana. Among people deceased in 1880, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau ranks 30. Before him are Oliver Winchester, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Raden Saleh, August Karl von Goeben, Jules Favre, and Jules Antoine Lissajous. After him are Friedrich Bayer, Lucretia Mott, Napoléon Henri Reber, Alphonse Pénaud, Sunanda Kumariratana, and Robert Fortune.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau ranks 2,371 out of 8,785. Before him are Dudley Moore (1935), Princess Eugenie of York (1990), William T. Stearn (1911), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Andrew Bertie (1929), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640). After him are Henry Irving (1838), Frederick Copleston (1907), Richard Lydekker (1849), Alan Stacey (1933), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), and Raymond Williams (1921).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau ranks 263. Before him are Thomas Otway (1652), Taliesin (518), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), and John Evelyn (1620). After him are Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Angela Carter (1940), Michael Bond (1926), Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647).

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