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Jacqueline de Romilly

1913 - 2010

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Jacqueline Worms de Romilly (French: [ʁɔmiji]; née David; Greek: Ζακλίν ντε Ρομιγύ; 26 March 1913 – 18 December 2010) was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française. She is primarily known for her work on the culture and language of ancient Greece, and in particular on Thucydides. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacqueline de Romilly is the 4,027th most popular writer (up from 4,168th in 2019), the 3,936th most popular biography from France (up from 3,996th in 2019) and the 498th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jacqueline de Romilly ranks 4,027 out of 7,302. Before her are Alexander Neckam, Rosa Montero, Oskar Luts, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Innokenty Annensky, and Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand. After her are Sven Aggesen, Og Mandino, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Edwin Atherstone, René Guillot, and Severus Sanctus Endelechius.

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Among people born in 1913, Jacqueline de Romilly ranks 207. Before her are Ólafur Jóhannesson, Woody Herman, Per Borten, Franz Brunner, Masayoshi Ito, and Jiří Hájek. After her are Gheorghe Apostol, Lawrence Stevens, Erich Eliskases, Lilian Jackson Braun, Luis Miró, and Vasco Pratolini. Among people deceased in 2010, Jacqueline de Romilly ranks 230. Before her are Chushiro Hayashi, Otmar Suitner, Yuri Ilyenko, Hans Ørberg, Zelda Rubinstein, and Yvonne Loriod. After her are Gheorghe Apostol, Marie Osborne Yeats, Geoffrey Burbidge, Zoltán Varga, Ronald Neame, and Imre Polyák.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacqueline de Romilly ranks 3,936 out of 6,770. Before her are Konrad Pellikan (1478), Alfred Lacroix (1863), Amalberga of Maubeuge (601), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Eugène Devéria (1805). After her are André Lerond (1930), Henri Lebasque (1865), Eugène Flachat (1802), Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Jean-François Séguier (1703), and René Guillot (1900).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacqueline de Romilly ranks 498. Before her are Maurice Scève (1501), Jules Lemaître (1853), Marcel Arland (1899), Roger Vitrac (1899), Konrad Pellikan (1478), and Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697). After her are René Guillot (1900), Henry Bataille (1872), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), Paul Fort (1872), Louis Hémon (1880), and Marc Levy (1961).

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