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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal

1713 - 1796

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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796), also known as Abbé Raynal, was a French writer, former Catholic priest, and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Thomas François Raynal is the 2,766th most popular writer (down from 2,289th in 2019), the 2,978th most popular biography from France (down from 2,564th in 2019) and the 381st most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 2,766 out of 7,302. Before him are Luis Cernuda, Jacob Israël de Haan, Gustave Kahn, Leonard Woolf, Unica Zürn, and Robert James Waller. After him are Giacomo da Lentini, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Neil Postman, Alexandra Ripley, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Jonas Jonasson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 16. Before him are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Needham, and Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha. After him are Allan Ramsay, John Whitehurst, and Francis Lewis. Among people deceased in 1796, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 20. Before him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Shahrokh Shah, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, François de Charette, Velu Nachiyar, and Prince Louis Charles of Prussia. After him are William Chambers, Philip Carteret, François Séverin Marceau, Juan José Elhuyar, Adam Naruszewicz, and Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 2,978 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice de Guérin (1810), Jacques Blanchard (1600), Martin Guerre (1524), Gustave Kahn (1859), Walter Gieseking (1895), and Jacques Georges (1916). After him are Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Sulpitius the Pious (576), Jean Guitton (1901), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Bernard Plantapilosa (841), and Charles Mangin (1866).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal ranks 381. Before him are Philippe de Mornay (1549), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Maurice de Guérin (1810), and Gustave Kahn (1859). After him are Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), Nicholas Rémy (1530), Oscar Cullmann (1902), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Guiraut Riquier (1230), and Jules Vallès (1832).

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