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Philippe de Commines

1447 - 1511

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Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or "Philippe de Comines"; Latin: Philippus Cominaeus; 1447 – 18 October 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve) and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" (Oxford Companion to English Literature). Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe de Commines is the 1,591st most popular writer (down from 1,564th in 2019), the 1,850th most popular biography from France (down from 1,823rd in 2019) and the 229th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Philippe de Commines ranks 1,591 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Needham, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théodore de Banville, Eileen Chang, Flannery O'Connor, and Tomi Ungerer. After him are Martin of Opava, Caroline Graham, Dick Bruna, Akka Mahadevi, Pacuvius, and Mary Berry.

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Among people born in 1447, Philippe de Commines ranks 4. Before him are Bayezid II, Chenghua Emperor, and Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Catherine of Genoa, Pietro Riario, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Constantine II of Georgia, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia. Among people deceased in 1511, Philippe de Commines ranks 2. Before him is Anne of York. After him are Johannes Tinctoris, Kemal Reis, Oliviero Carafa, Francisco de Borja, Nicolás de Ovando, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, and Francesco Alidosi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe de Commines ranks 1,850 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Catinat (1637), Théodore de Banville (1823), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Corinne Cléry (1950), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), and Tomi Ungerer (1931). After him are Gaston Planté (1834), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Pierre Belon (1517), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Valentin Haüy (1745), and Jean Hyppolite (1907).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Philippe de Commines ranks 229. Before him are Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Jules Romains (1885), Théodore de Banville (1823), and Tomi Ungerer (1931). After him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), Robert Brasillach (1909), Jacques Amyot (1513), and Rodulfus Glaber (985).

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