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Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse

1732 - 1776

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Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (9 November 1732 – 23 May 1776) was a French salon holder and letter writer. She held a prominent salon in Paris during the Enlightenment. She is best-known today, however, for her letters, first published in 1809, which offer compelling accounts of two tragic love affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse is the 2,585th most popular writer (down from 2,428th in 2019), the 2,835th most popular biography from France (down from 2,685th in 2019) and the 358th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ranks 2,585 out of 7,302Before her are Michael Madhusudan Dutt, John the Lydian, Stanisław Konarski, Heinrich von Veldeke, Matthias Claudius, and Wayne Dyer. After her are Khurshidbanu Natavan, Louis Couperus, Jean Raspail, Guan Daosheng, Lucius Afranius, and Olha Kobylianska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ranks 24Before her are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Warren Hastings, Nevil Maskelyne, František Brixi, John Blair Jr., and Joseph Gaertner. After her are Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Joseph von Sonnenfels, José Celestino Mutis, Johan Peter Falk, Richard Henry Lee, and Shuja-ud-Daula. Among people deceased in 1776, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ranks 8Before her are Yeongjo of Joseon, John Harrison, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Natalia Alexeievna, and James Ferguson. After her are Sabah I bin Jaber, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, Johann Jakob Breitinger, and Giuseppe Asclepi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ranks 2,835 out of 6,770Before her are Pierre Bézier (1910), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), Jacques Massu (1908), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), and Charles Floquet (1828). After her are Julius Leber (1891), Marcel Griaule (1898), Jean Raspail (1925), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Thierry Sabine (1949), and Armand Trousseau (1801).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ranks 358Before her are Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Michel Zevaco (1860), Gustave Aimard (1818), Théophile de Viau (1590), and Maurice Joly (1829). After her are Jean Raspail (1925), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), André Salmon (1881), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), and Georges Ohnet (1848).