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Jean-Jacques Ampère

1800 - 1864

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Jean-Jacques Ampère (12 August 1800 – 27 March 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836). Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant. (But André-Marie Ampère had a daughter – Albine (1807–1842) – with his second wife.) On his tomb at the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris, he is named Jean-Jacques Antoine Ampère. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Jacques Ampère is the 1,413th most popular writer (up from 1,682nd in 2019), the 1,618th most popular biography from France (up from 1,944th in 2019) and the 198th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 1,413 out of 7,302Before him are Hartmann Schedel, Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, Ihara Saikaku, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, and Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus. After him are John Berger, Roger Caillois, Fulcher of Chartres, A. E. van Vogt, Odo of Cluny, and Allan Pinkerton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 20Before him are James Clark Ross, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Jacques Paul Migne, Lars Levi Laestadius, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, and Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza. After him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Henri Milne-Edwards, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Achille Devéria, and Juan José Flores. Among people deceased in 1864, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 17Before him are Hong Xiuquan, J. E. B. Stuart, William I of Württemberg, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Leo von Klenze, and Nana Asmaʼu. After him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Konstanty Kalinowski, David Sassoon, Juan José Flores, Hong Tianguifu, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 1,618 out of 6,770Before him are Roland Topor (1938), Étienne Marcel (1315), Raymond Loewy (1893), Bernard Buffet (1928), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), and André Martinet (1908). After him are Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), Pierre Balmain (1914), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Jacques Ampère ranks 198Before him are Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Jean Chapelain (1595), Roland Topor (1938), and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715). After him are Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), Louise Labé (1524), Philippe Soupault (1897), and Vivant Denon (1747).