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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

1674 - 1762

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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique (Crébillon the Tragic) to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon the Gay). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon is the 2,497th most popular writer (down from 2,411th in 2019), the 2,742nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,670th in 2019) and the 346th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 2,497 out of 7,302. Before him are Gardner Fox, Jules Guesde, Philippe Quinault, Miloš Crnjanski, John Grinder, and António Vieira. After him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, René Crevel, Gennadiy Aygi, Mirra Alfassa, Charles Maturin, and Tom Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 5. Before him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reinhard Keiser, and Ibrahim Muteferrika. After him are Jeremiah Clarke, Jethro Tull, Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Isaac Watts. Among people deceased in 1762, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 18. Before him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Tobias Mayer, Jean Calas, Dorothea Erxleben, Françoise-Louise de Warens, and Stanisław Poniatowski. After him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Francesco Manfredini, Francesco Loredan, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, and Jan Frederik Gronovius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 2,742 out of 6,770. Before him are István Nyers (1924), Jules Guesde (1845), Philippe Quinault (1635), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), Marie Dubois (1937), and Christian Marquand (1927). After him are Henri Maspero (1883), Claire Lacombe (1765), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Eucherius of Lyon (380), Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (1278), and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (1624).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 346. Before him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), Jean-François Regnard (1655), Albert Robida (1848), Jules Guesde (1845), and Philippe Quinault (1635). After him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), René Crevel (1900), Mirra Alfassa (1878), Pascal Quignard (1948), Jean Astruc (1684), and Jean d'Ormesson (1925).

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