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Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière

1734 - 1793

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Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ʁɔlɑ̃ də la platjɛʁ]; 18 February 1734 – 10 November 1793) was a French inspector of manufactures in Lyon and became a leader of the Girondist faction in the French Revolution, largely influenced in this direction by his wife, Marie-Jeanne "Manon" Roland de la Platière. He served as a minister of the interior in King Louis XVI's government in 1792. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière is the 1,511th most popular writer (down from 1,278th in 2019), the 1,740th most popular biography from France (down from 1,455th in 2019) and the 217th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière ranks 1,511 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, William Heinesen, and Thornton Wilder. After him are Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, Daniel Pennac, and Rafael Alberti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière ranks 12. Before him are Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Cardinal de Rohan, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, and Grigory Orlov. After him are Joseph Wright of Derby, Ueda Akinari, Anton Janša, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière ranks 17. Before him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Madame Roland, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Alexander Roslin, and Charles Bonnet. After him are William Aiton, Timur Shah Durrani, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Antoine Barnave, and Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière ranks 1,740 out of 6,770. Before him are Régis Debray (1940), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Jacques Laffite (1943), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), and Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260). After him are Walter Krüger (1890), Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Jean Chardin (1643), Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), and Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière ranks 217. Before him are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Joseph Bédier (1864), Anna de Noailles (1876), François de Malherbe (1555), Régis Debray (1940), and Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758). After him are Jules de Goncourt (1830), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Alphonse Allais (1854), Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), and Auguste Maquet (1813).

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