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François Pierre La Varenne

1618 - 1678

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François Pierre de la Varenne (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa pjɛʁ də la vaʁɛn], 1615–1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. La Varenne's book expressed the culinary innovations that had revolutionised medieval and Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Pierre La Varenne is the 1,691st most popular writer (down from 1,683rd in 2019), the 1,956th most popular biography from France (down from 1,945th in 2019) and the 245th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,691 out of 7,302. Before him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ryū Murakami, Jacopo Sannazaro, Anne Desclos, Michael Cunningham, and Mahadevi Varma. After him are Karen Armstrong, Edward Albee, Symeon the Metaphrast, Mohamed Choukri, Sima Xiangru, and Ramón del Valle-Inclán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 7. Before him are Aurangzeb, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Jeremiah Horrocks, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Ivan Bohun. After him are François Blondel, Vittoria Farnese, Peter Lely, Juraj Križanić, Jan Dirksz Both, and Michiel Sweerts. Among people deceased in 1678, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 6. Before him are Jacob Jordaens, Wu Sangui, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Anna Maria van Schurman, and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten. After him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karel Dujardin, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Antoine III de Gramont, and Antonio de Pereda.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,956 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Pierné (1863), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Henri, Prince of Condé (1588), Anne Desclos (1907), Charles-François Lebrun (1739), and Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712). After him are William Clito (1102), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), and Thierry Mugler (1948).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 245. Before him are André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Marquis de Custine (1790), Marcel Achard (1899), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Varro Atacinus (-82), and Anne Desclos (1907). After him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Adalberon (947), Dominique Venner (1935), and François Coppée (1842).

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