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François Guizot

1787 - 1874

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (French: [fʁɑ̃swa pjɛʁ ɡijom ɡizo]; 4 October 1787 – 12 September 1874) was a French historian, orator and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics between the Revolution of 1830 and the Revolution of 1848. A conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, he worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830. He then served the "citizen king" Louis Philippe, as Minister of Education 1832–37, ambassador to London 1840, Foreign Minister 1840–1847, and finally Prime Minister of France from 19 September 1847 to 23 February 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Guizot is the 48th most popular historian (down from 45th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from France (down from 644th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Historian.

François Guizot was a French statesman who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1847 to 1848 and again from 1848 to 1851. He is most famous for his strong opposition to the French Revolution of 1848, and for his support of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe.

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Among historians, François Guizot ranks 48 out of 561. Before him are Ali ibn al-Athir, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, Socrates of Constantinople, and Lucien Febvre. After him are Yuval Noah Harari, Samuel von Pufendorf, Niketas Choniates, Poggio Bracciolini, Aby Warburg, and Joseph Justus Scaliger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, François Guizot ranks 6. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Rasmus Rask, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Vuk Karadžić, and Shaka. After him are Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. Among people deceased in 1874, François Guizot ranks 6. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström, Millard Fillmore, Jules Michelet, Howard Staunton, and Adolphe Quetelet. After him are David Strauss, Charles Gleyre, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Johann Philipp Reis, Josiah Warren, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Guizot ranks 734 out of 6,770. Before him are Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Michèle Mercier (1939), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), and Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659). After him are Félix Faure (1841), Jan Gossaert (1478), Michel Barnier (1951), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Léon Bourgeois (1851), and Antipope Clement VII (1342).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, François Guizot ranks 8. Before him are Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Fernand Braudel (1902), Marc Bloch (1886), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), and Lucien Febvre (1878). After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Georges Duby (1919), Emmanuel Todd (1951), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929).

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