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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

1737 - 1814

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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (pronounced [ʒak ɑ̃ʁi bɛʁnaʁdɛ̃ də sɛ̃ pjɛʁ]; also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel, Paul et Virginie, a very popular 18th-century classic of French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is the 1,053rd most popular writer (down from 959th in 2019), the 1,225th most popular biography from France (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 160th most popular French Writer.

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is most famous for his novel Paul et Virginie, which tells the story of two young French aristocrats who are shipwrecked on a tropical island.

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Among writers, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ranks 1,053 out of 7,302. Before him are John Dryden, Jacques Clément, Alfred de Vigny, Marko Marulić, Johannes Tauler, and Charles Nodier. After him are Ernst Toller, Alfred Brehm, Gottfried von Strassburg, Alexander Litvinenko, Sulpicius Severus, and Adalbert Stifter.

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Among people born in 1737, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ranks 7. Before him are Luigi Galvani, Edward Gibbon, Thomas Paine, Johann Friedrich Struensee, Michael Haydn, and Josef Mysliveček. After him are Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Louise of France, and Tokugawa Ieharu. Among people deceased in 1814, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ranks 7. Before him are Joséphine de Beauharnais, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Marquis de Sade, Maria Carolina of Austria, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, and Benjamin Thompson. After him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Arthur Phillip, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ranks 1,225 out of 6,770. Before him are Alfred de Vigny (1797), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Johannes Tauler (1300), Isabella of Valois (1389), Charles Nodier (1780), and Jules de Polignac (1780). After him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Louis, Count of Évreux (1276), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Maurice Ronet (1927), and Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ranks 160. Before him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Bertran de Born (1140), Jacques Clément (1567), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Johannes Tauler (1300), and Charles Nodier (1780). After him are Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Paul Bourget (1852), Michel Tournier (1924), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), and Elif Shafak (1971).

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