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Étienne Dolet

1509 - 1546

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Étienne Dolet (French: [etjɛn dɔlɛ]; 3 August 1509 – 3 August 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer. He was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime, which was buffeted by the opposing forces of the Renaissance and the French Inquisition. His early attacks upon the Inquisition and the municipal authorities of Toulouse, together with his later publications in Lyon, caused the French Inquisition to monitor his activities closely. After several stays in prison, the combined efforts of the parlement of Paris, the Inquisition, and the theological faculty of the Sorbonne resulted in his conviction for heresy and a death sentence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Dolet is the 2,275th most popular writer (down from 1,979th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from France (down from 2,234th in 2019) and the 320th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Étienne Dolet ranks 2,275 out of 7,302Before him are Janus Pannonius, Matthew Arnold, Edward FitzGerald, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Bo Carpelan, and Paul the Silentiary. After him are Thomas Gray, Fujiwara no Teika, James Herbert Brennan, Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, and Jurij Brězan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Étienne Dolet ranks 14Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Bernardino Telesio, Luis de Morales, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Leone Leoni, and Ippolito II d'Este. After him are Melchor Cano, Giovanni Morone, Isabel Moctezuma, Pasquale Cicogna, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Federico Commandino. Among people deceased in 1546, Étienne Dolet ranks 10Before him are Giulio Romano, Meera, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Marinus van Reymerswaele. After him are Petru Rareș, Isabella di Morra, and David Beaton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Dolet ranks 2,545 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Pflimlin (1907), Philip of Milly (1120), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Roman Opałka (1931), Nicolas Chopin (1771), and Eugène Schueller (1881). After him are Henri Pescarolo (1942), Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803), and Bérenger Saunière (1852).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Étienne Dolet ranks 320Before him are Matthieu Ricard (1946), Claude Farrère (1876), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Benjamin Péret (1899), and Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682). After him are Walter of Châtillon (1135), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Hervé Bazin (1911), Henri Meilhac (1831), Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), and Petrus Comestor (1100).