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François Blondel

1618 - 1686

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François Blondel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa blɔ̃dɛl]; c. 10 June 1618 – 21 January 1686) was a soldier, engineer of fortifications, mathematician, diplomat, military and civil engineer and architect, called "the Great Blondel", to distinguish him in a dynasty of French architects. He is remembered for his Cours d'architecture which remained a central text for over a century. His precepts placed him in opposition with Claude Perrault in the larger culture war known under the heading Querelle des anciens et des modernes. If François Blondel was not the most highly reputed among the académiciens of his day, his were the writings that most generally circulated among the general public, the Cours de Mathématiques, the Art de jetter les Bombes, the Nouvelle manière de fortifier les places and, above all his Cours d'Architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Blondel is the 216th most popular architect (down from 181st in 2019), the 2,451st most popular biography from France (down from 2,130th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, François Blondel ranks 216 out of 518. Before him are Eero Aarnio, Callimachus, Robert de Cotte, Alexey Shchusev, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and Roberto Burle Marx. After him are Pierre Jeanneret, Ferdinand Fellner, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Friedrich von Schmidt, Josep Lluís Sert, and Jean Prouvé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, François Blondel ranks 8. Before him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Jeremiah Horrocks, Hishikawa Moronobu, Ivan Bohun, and François Pierre La Varenne. After him are Vittoria Farnese, Peter Lely, Juraj Križanić, Jan Dirksz Both, Michiel Sweerts, and Mariana de Jesús de Paredes. Among people deceased in 1686, François Blondel ranks 8. Before him are Nicolas Steno, Louis, Grand Condé, Eleonora Gonzaga, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Carlo Dolci, and Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. After him are John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Pietro Mengoli, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Jacques d'Arthois, Simon Ushakov, and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Blondel ranks 2,451 out of 6,770. Before him are Isabelle Aubret (1938), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), René Caillié (1799), Aurore Clément (1945), François Devienne (1759), and Pierre Lemaitre (1951). After him are Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885), Edgar Faure (1908), and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, François Blondel ranks 29. Before him are Jean Chalgrin (1739), Paul Andreu (1938), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), Matthias of Arras (1290), and Robert de Cotte (1656). After him are Jean Prouvé (1901), Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Henri Labrouste (1801), Édouard André (1840), Tony Garnier (1869), and Charles Percier (1764).

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