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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

1718 - 1793

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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (Chinese: 錢德明; pinyin: Qián Démíng; February 8, 1718 – October 8, 1793) was a French Jesuit priest who worked in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Born in Toulon, Amiot entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at the age of 19. After he was ordained in 1746, he aspired to serve in an overseas mission. Eventually, he was assigned a mission in China and left France in 1749. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot is the 2,617th most popular writer (up from 3,212th in 2019), the 2,862nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,334th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 2,617 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Grant, Thomas Percy, Rosario Castellanos, Friedrich Spee, Mariana Alcoforado, and George Adamski. After him are Georges Ohnet, Dezső Kosztolányi, Guillaume Tirel, Alphonse Matejka, Ryōkan, and Nikoloz Baratashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 13. Before him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 35. Before him are Joannicius III of Constantinople, Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, and Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. After him are Armand Louis de Gontaut, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Karl Philipp Moritz, William Hudson, Leopold Hofmann, and Charles de Bonchamps.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 2,862 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Gervais (1816), Georges Catroux (1877), Abraham Duquesne (1610), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Seán MacBride (1904), and Maurice Emmanuel (1862). After him are Georges Ohnet (1848), Frédéric François-Marsal (1874), Jacques-François Menou (1750), Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti (1734), Augusta Holmès (1847), and Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ranks 363. Before him are Maurice Joly (1829), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Jean Raspail (1925), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), André Salmon (1881), and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802). After him are Georges Ohnet (1848), Sylvain Maréchal (1750), Henri Desgrange (1865), Marcel Prévost (1862), Louise Colet (1810), and Violette Leduc (1907).

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