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Jean-Pierre Vernant

1914 - 2007

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Jean-Pierre Vernant (French: [vɛʁnɑ̃]; January 4, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was a French resistant, historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Vernant is the 151st most popular historian (down from 105th in 2019), the 2,297th most popular biography from France (down from 1,645th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Historian.

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Among historians, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 151 out of 561. Before him are Matthew of Edessa, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Evagrius Scholasticus, Richard Pipes, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, and Shlomo Sand. After him are Adémar de Chabannes, Doukas, François Furet, Matrakçı Nasuh, Gottfried Achenwall, and Martino Martini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 112. Before him are Nicanor Parra, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Álvaro del Portillo, Annie Fischer, George Reeves, and Kirill Kondrashin. After him are Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, Carlos Castillo Armas, Go Seigen, Bill Finger, and Erich Topp. Among people deceased in 2007, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 117. Before him are Wally Schirra, Gordon Scott, Karel Svoboda, Maurice Papon, Mika Špiljak, and Steve Fossett. After him are Ulrich Mühe, Colin McRae, Maria Gripe, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Tikhon Khrennikov, and Ivica Račan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 2,297 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Carjat (1828), François Mignet (1796), Just Jaeckin (1940), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), and Jacques Charrier (1936). After him are Hervé Renard (1968), Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Boniface, Count of Savoy (1244), Charles Renouvier (1815), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), and Léon Duguit (1859).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Jean-Pierre Vernant ranks 20. Before him are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), René Grousset (1885), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540). After him are Adémar de Chabannes (989), François Furet (1927), Augustin Thierry (1795), Charles Diehl (1859), George Cœdès (1886), and Henri Maspero (1883).

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