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Vivant Denon

1747 - 1825

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Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (French pronunciation: [dɔminik vivɑ̃ baʁɔ̃ dənɔ̃]; 4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte ("Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt"), 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vivant Denon is the 1,434th most popular writer (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 1,646th most popular biography from France (down from 1,316th in 2019) and the 204th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Vivant Denon ranks 1,434 out of 7,302. Before him are Philippe Soupault, Sanu Sharma, Maryse Condé, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Ruth Rendell, and Samuel ibn Naghrillah. After him are Rainis, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Tarjei Vesaas, James Anderson, Marcel Aymé, and Jeppe Aakjær.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Vivant Denon ranks 6. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Johann Elert Bode, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and Abraham-Louis Breguet. After him are Roger Ducos, Gottfried August Bürger, Leopold Koželuch, Rose Bertin, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1825, Vivant Denon ranks 15. Before him are Pauline Bonaparte, Henry Fuseli, Jean Paul, Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, and Bernard Germain de Lacépède. After him are Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Mikhail Miloradovich, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Karl Mollweide.

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In France

Among people born in France, Vivant Denon ranks 1,646 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), and Gérard Houllier (1947). After him are Claude Gensac (1927), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Émile Friant (1863), Claude Sautet (1924), Marcel Aymé (1902), and Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Vivant Denon ranks 204. Before him are Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), Louise Labé (1524), and Philippe Soupault (1897). After him are Marcel Aymé (1902), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Marie de Gournay (1565), and Léon Werth (1878).

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