WRITER

Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

1829 - 1871

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Pierre Alexis, Viscount of Ponson du Terrail (8 July 1829 – 20 January 1871) was a French writer. He was a prolific novelist, producing in the space of twenty years some seventy-three volumes, and is best remembered today for his creation of the fictional character of Rocambole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail is the 2,442nd most popular writer (down from 2,159th in 2019), the 2,685th most popular biography from France (down from 2,422nd in 2019) and the 340th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 2,442 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugène Marin Labiche, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Indro Montanelli, Sophron, Viveca Sten, and Stefan Żeromski. After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Theodore Sturgeon, José-Maria de Heredia, Wilhelm Worringer, Eric Knight, and Fritz Leiber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 27. Before him are Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Tự Đức, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Ivan Sechenov, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. After him are Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Maurice Joly, Robert Nobel, Franz Reuleaux, Ignacio Zaragoza, and Moritz Cantor. Among people deceased in 1871, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 29. Before him are Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Moritz von Schwind, Filippo Taglioni, Robert Chambers, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, and Pierre Leroux. After him are François-Joseph Fétis, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Roderick Murchison, Henriette d'Angeville, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, and Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 2,685 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Judoc (600), Claude Gillot (1673), Alexandre Deschapelles (1780), and Bonne of Artois (1396). After him are Émile Littré (1801), Abraham Bosse (1604), Pierre Séguier (1588), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Jacques Loussier (1934), and Michel Constantin (1924).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail ranks 340. Before him are Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Renaud Camus (1946), Marius Aventicensis (532), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Jacques Roubaud (1932), and Eugène Marin Labiche (1815). After him are Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), Jean-François Regnard (1655), Albert Robida (1848), Jules Guesde (1845), Philippe Quinault (1635), and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674).

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