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Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1425

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Nicolas Flamel (French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French écrivain public, a draftsman of public documents such as contracts, letters, agreements and requests. He and his wife also ran a school that taught this trade. Long after his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Flamel is the 172nd most popular writer (down from 165th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from France (up from 195th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Writer.

Nicolas Flamel was a French alchemist who is most famous for creating the Philosopher's Stone.

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Among writers, Nicolas Flamel ranks 172 out of 7,302. Before him are Novalis, Heinrich Böll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling, and Pindar. After him are André Breton, Wisława Szymborska, William Faulkner, Anna Wintour, John Milton, and Charlotte Brontë.

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Among people born in 1330, Nicolas Flamel ranks 2. Before him is Edward the Black Prince. After him are Luo Guanzhong, Peter Parler, Gongmin of Goryeo, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Robert III of Scotland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Altichiero, Francesc Eiximenis, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, and Radu I of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1425, Nicolas Flamel ranks 1. After him are Manuel II Palaiologos, Hongxi Emperor, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Vasily I of Moscow, Charles III of Navarre, Jean de Béthencourt, Lorenzo Monaco, Catherine of Burgundy, Bonne of Artois, John III, Duke of Bavaria, and Ashikaga Yoshikazu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Flamel ranks 193 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis VIII of France (1187), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Georges Danton (1759), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Louis VII of France (1120), and Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683). After him are André Breton (1896), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Henry II of England (1133), and Alain Prost (1955).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicolas Flamel ranks 34. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine (1621), François Villon (1431), Jean Cocteau (1889), Paul Verlaine (1844), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), and Jean Racine (1639). After him are André Breton (1896), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Petronius (27), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Frédéric Mistral (1830), and George Sand (1804).

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