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Gustave Aimard

1818 - 1883

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America and the American frontier. Aimard was born Olivier Aimard in Paris. As he once said, he was the son of two people who were married, "but not to each other". His father, François Sébastiani de la Porta (1775–1851) was a general in Napoleon’s army and one of the ambassadors of the Louis Philippe government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustave Aimard is the 2,540th most popular writer (down from 2,505th in 2019), the 2,803rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,757th in 2019) and the 355th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustave Aimard ranks 2,540 out of 7,302Before him are Mariama Bâ, Kjeld Abell, Đura Jakšić, Michel Zevaco, Song Yingxing, and Donald Adamson. After him are Théophile de Viau, Petter Dass, Amélie Nothomb, Kamalaśīla, Giovanni Pascoli, and Chariton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Gustave Aimard ranks 51Before him are Franciscus Donders, Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, Heinrich Kiepert, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Louis Gerhard De Geer. After him are Antonio Bazzini, Amelia Bloomer, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Petar Preradović, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, and Angelica Singleton Van Buren. Among people deceased in 1883, Gustave Aimard ranks 38Before him are Edward FitzGerald, Jenny Longuet, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Juliette Drouet, Iwakura Tomomi, and Cyprian Norwid. After him are Robert Volkmann, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Filippo Pacini, Oswald Heer, Napoleon Orda, and Reinhart Dozy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gustave Aimard ranks 2,803 out of 6,770Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Alexandre Darracq (1855), John Francis Regis (1597), Élie, duc Decazes (1780), Michel Zevaco (1860), and Albinus of Angers (470). After him are Gaston Billotte (1875), Théophile de Viau (1590), Yves Allégret (1907), Amaury de Montfort (1192), Félix Ziem (1821), and Georges Cadoudal (1771).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gustave Aimard ranks 355Before him are Mirra Alfassa (1878), Pascal Quignard (1948), Jean Astruc (1684), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), and Michel Zevaco (1860). After him are Théophile de Viau (1590), Maurice Joly (1829), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Jean Raspail (1925), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), and André Salmon (1881).