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Hilaire Belloc

1870 - 1953

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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc ( also US: ; French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer, politician, and historian. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong effect on his works. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902 while retaining his French citizenship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilaire Belloc is the 2,872nd most popular writer (down from 2,569th in 2019), the 3,073rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,808th in 2019) and the 389th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Hilaire Belloc ranks 2,872 out of 7,302. Before him are Takiji Kobayashi, Judith Miller, Karl Philipp Moritz, Eric Roth, Balthasar Russow, and Mihailo Lalić. After him are Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Gasparo Contarini, and Aelred of Rievaulx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Hilaire Belloc ranks 88. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer, Thomas Byles, Erskine Childers, Ada Negri, Motobu Chōki, and Charles Tournemire. After him are Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Francisco S. Carvajal, Osachi Hamaguchi, Nikolay Lossky, and John Paine. Among people deceased in 1953, Hilaire Belloc ranks 83. Before him are Helene Mayer, Xu Beihong, Vladimir Dekanozov, Jorge Negrete, Joseph Jongen, and Şükrü Saracoğlu. After him are Lev Mekhlis, Alexander Vasiliev, Josef Fischer, Hans Aanrud, Albert Austin, and Friedrich Wolf.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hilaire Belloc ranks 3,073 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776), Jules Vallès (1832), Catulle Mendès (1841), Henri Callot (1875), Adrien Proust (1834), and Étienne Decroux (1898). After him are Antoine de Chézy (1718), Julie Billiart (1751), Jean Fernel (1497), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Louis Rosier (1905), and Charles Despiau (1874).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Hilaire Belloc ranks 389. Before him are Nicholas Rémy (1530), Oscar Cullmann (1902), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Guiraut Riquier (1230), Jules Vallès (1832), and Catulle Mendès (1841). After him are Bernard Werber (1961), Robert Garnier (1534), Jean-François de La Harpe (1739), Louise Weiss (1893), Marie Marvingt (1875), and Champfleury (1821).

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