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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

1627 - 1704

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Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (French: [bɔsɥɛ]; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and literary works, he is regarded as a brilliant orator and literary stylist of the French language. A native of Dijon, Bossuet was educated at a Jesuit school before enrolling in the College of Navarre in Paris, where he studied philosophy and theology. In 1652, he was ordained a priest and became a Doctor of Divinity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet is the 535th most popular writer (down from 499th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from France (down from 584th in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Writer.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a French bishop, theologian, and statesman. He is most famous for his "Discourse on Universal History" which is a history of the world from the time of Adam to the present.

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Among writers, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 535 out of 7,302. Before him are Tennessee Williams, Jules Michelet, J. M. Barrie, Vasily Grossman, Richard Bach, and Pierre de Ronsard. After him are Martial, Vasubandhu, Luo Guanzhong, Nâzım Hikmet, Osip Mandelstam, and Seneca the Elder.

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Among people born in 1627, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 4. Before him are Robert Boyle, Turhan Hatice Sultan, and Shivaji. After him are Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, John Ray, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Aşub Sultan, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Willem van Aelst, Petro Doroshenko, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1704, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 3. Before him are John Locke, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. After him are Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Georg Muffat, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Charles Plumier, Isabella Leonarda, and Selim I Giray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 631 out of 6,770. Before him are Suzanne Valadon (1865), Jules Michelet (1798), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), and Annie Girardot (1931). After him are Léon Walras (1834), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Christine of France (1606), Claude of France (1547), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), and Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ranks 89. Before him are Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Paul Claudel (1868), Hector Malot (1830), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), and Pierre de Ronsard (1524). After him are Camille Flammarion (1842), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), and Adam de la Halle (1245).

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