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Jean-Baptiste Dubos

1670 - 1742

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Jean-Baptiste Dubos (French: [dybo]; 14 December 1670 – 23 March 1742), also referred to as l'Abbé Du Bos, was a French author. He was also a diplomat and an art critic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Dubos is the 2,531st most popular writer (down from 2,452nd in 2019), the 2,796th most popular biography from France (down from 2,706th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Baptiste Dubos ranks 2,531 out of 7,302Before him are Antigonus of Carystus, Hermas, John VIII of Constantinople, Daqiqi, Sibilla Aleramo, and Esther Vilar. After him are Cyprian Norwid, Lars Saabye Christensen, Mariama Bâ, Kjeld Abell, Đura Jakšić, and Michel Zevaco.

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Among people born in 1670, Jean-Baptiste Dubos ranks 14Before him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Rajaram I, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Julie d'Aubigny, Zheng Keshuang, Domenico Trezzini, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, and William Congreve. Among people deceased in 1742, Jean-Baptiste Dubos ranks 11Before him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Pylyp Orlyk, Arvid Horn, Luigi Guido Grandi, Friedrich Hoffmann, and Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg. After him are Carlos Seixas, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Willem 's Gravesande, and Richard Bentley.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Dubos ranks 2,796 out of 6,770Before him are Line Renaud (1928), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), Alain Robert (1962), Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844), Fud Leclerc (1924), and Gilbert de la Porrée (1070). After him are Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Alexandre Darracq (1855), John Francis Regis (1597), Élie, duc Decazes (1780), Michel Zevaco (1860), and Albinus of Angers (470).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Baptiste Dubos ranks 353Before him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), René Crevel (1900), Mirra Alfassa (1878), Pascal Quignard (1948), Jean Astruc (1684), and Jean d'Ormesson (1925). After him are Michel Zevaco (1860), Gustave Aimard (1818), Théophile de Viau (1590), Maurice Joly (1829), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), and Jean Raspail (1925).