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Léo Taxil

1854 - 1907

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Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, better known by the pen name Léo Taxil (French: [leo taksil]; March 21, 1854 – March 31, 1907), was a French writer and journalist who became known for his strong anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. He is also known for the Taxil hoax, a spurious exposé of Freemasonry and the Catholic Church's opposition to it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léo Taxil is the 1,225th most popular writer (down from 1,208th in 2019), the 1,391st most popular biography from France (down from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 175th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léo Taxil ranks 1,225 out of 7,302. Before him are Blaise Cendrars, Cornelius Gallus, Robert Sheckley, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Hristo Botev, and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. After him are Michel Verne, Herrad of Landsberg, Laura Marx, Alexander Griboyedov, Karim Findi, and Pierre de Marivaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Léo Taxil ranks 23. Before him are Hertha Ayrton, Paul von Rennenkampf, Salomon August Andrée, Albert Edelfelt, Moritz Moszkowski, and Paul Natorp. After him are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yan Fu, Georges Picquart, Alphonse Allais, Georg Kerschensteiner, and Jean-Marie Guyau. Among people deceased in 1907, Léo Taxil ranks 24. Before him are Joseph Joachim, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Ilia Chavchavadze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. After him are Hermann Carl Vogel, Qiu Jin, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Charles W. Alcock, William Le Baron Jenney, and Henry Steel Olcott.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 1,391 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818), Clément Ader (1841), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Cléo de Mérode (1875), and Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409). After him are Benedict of Aniane (750), Michel de Certeau (1925), Ernest Gellner (1925), Michel Verne (1861), Amandus (600), and Pierre Duhem (1861).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 175. Before him are Marcel Pagnol (1895), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Jean de Joinville (1224), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685). After him are Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Charles Péguy (1873), Léon Bloy (1846), and Émile Gaboriau (1832).

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