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Jacques Delille

1738 - 1813

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Jacques Delille (French: [dəlil]; 22 June 1738 at Aigueperse in Auvergne – 1 May 1813, in Paris) was a French poet who came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil’s Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening. He barely survived the slaughter of the French Revolution and lived for some years outside France, including three years in England. The poems on abstract themes that he published after his return were less well received. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Delille is the 3,314th most popular writer (down from 3,256th in 2019), the 3,408th most popular biography from France (down from 3,383rd in 2019) and the 428th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jacques Delille ranks 3,314 out of 7,302. Before him are Johann Ernst Glück, Armand Salacrou, John Perkins, Philip Kerr, Petar Hektorović, and Isotta Nogarola. After him are Nikolay Nosov, Duarte Barbosa, Mia Couto, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Symeon of Polotsk, and Léon-Paul Fargue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Jacques Delille ranks 21. Before him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., Jacques François Dugommier, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, and John Singleton Copley. After him are Jacques-André Naigeon, Leopold Hofmann, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Matvey Kazakov, and Betje Wolff. Among people deceased in 1813, Jacques Delille ranks 32. Before him are Johann Christian Reil, Alexander Wilson, Robert Kerr, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Theodor Körner. After him are Maria Caterina Brignole, Benjamin Rush, Edmund Randolph, Sophronius of Vratsa, James Wyatt, and Peter Jacob Hjelm.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 3,408 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), Armand Salacrou (1899), Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Guillaume Delisle (1675), Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793), and Jamel Debbouze (1975). After him are Louise Moillon (1610), Joseph Canteloube (1879), Bernard Stiegler (1952), Léon-Paul Fargue (1876), Edwige Feuillère (1907), and Jacques Hamel (1930).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Delille ranks 428. Before him are Suzanne Curchod (1737), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Rutebeuf (1300), Juliette Adam (1836), and Armand Salacrou (1899). After him are Léon-Paul Fargue (1876), Antoine Furetière (1619), Louis Pergaud (1882), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Pierre Benoit (1886), and Jean Effel (1908).

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