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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

1755 - 1826

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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃tɛlm bʁija savaʁɛ̃]; 2 April 1755 – 2 February 1826) was a French lawyer and politician, who, as the author of Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste), became celebrated for his culinary reminiscences and reflections on the craft and science of cookery and the art of eating. Rising to modest eminence in the last years of France's Ancien Régime, Brillat-Savarin had to escape into exile when the Reign of Terror began in 1793. He spent nearly three years in the United States, teaching French and playing the violin to support himself, before returning to France when it became safe to do so, resuming his career as a lawyer, and rising to the top of the French judiciary. The Physiology of Taste was the product of many years' writing in the author's spare time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin is the 721st most popular writer (down from 706th in 2019), the 850th most popular biography from France (down from 838th in 2019) and the 114th most popular French Writer.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer, politician, and writer who is most famous for his work "The Physiology of Taste" in which he discusses the history and philosophy of food.

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Among writers, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ranks 721 out of 7,302. Before him are John Irving, Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, Kassia, and Marie de France. After him are Witold Gombrowicz, Pietro Bembo, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Tirso de Molina, Ed McBain, and Columella.

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Among people born in 1755, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ranks 10. Before him are Paul Barras, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, and James Parkinson. After him are Georges Couthon, Anthony of Saxony, Giovanni Battista Viotti, François Joseph Lefebvre, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden. Among people deceased in 1826, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ranks 13. Before him are Philippe Pinel, René Laennec, Joseph Proust, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Stamford Raffles. After him are Nikolay Karamzin, Frederica of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Johann Elert Bode, Levin August von Bennigsen, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga.

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Among people born in France, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ranks 850 out of 6,770. Before him are Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Auguste Mariette (1821), Lorin Maazel (1930), Félix Guattari (1930), Marie de France (1101), and Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741). After him are Mylène Demongeot (1935), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), François Darlan (1881), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), and Robert Curthose (1054).

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Among writers born in France, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ranks 114. Before him are Maurice Blanchot (1907), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), Eugène Sue (1804), Pierre Loti (1850), and Marie de France (1101). After him are Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Charles Maurras (1868), and Pierre Boulle (1912).

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