WRITER

Alexandre Herculano

1810 - 1877

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Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾɨ ɛɾkuˈlɐnu]; 28 March 1810 – 13 September 1877) was a Portuguese novelist and historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Herculano has received more than 128,128 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alexandre Herculano is the 2,775th most popular writer (up from 3,126th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 235th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 59.91

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandre Herculano ranks 2,775 out of 7,302. Before him are Abolqasem Lahouti, Johannes Mario Simmel, Fumiko Enchi, Robert Holdstock, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Tang Xianzu. After him are Sibilla Aleramo, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Varian Fry, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Josephine Tey, and Larry Niven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alexandre Herculano ranks 45. Before him are Louise Colet, Margaret Fuller, Ferdinand David, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Stanko Vraz, and Alexandre Calame. After him are Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Norbert Burgmüller, Julian Fontana, Peter Andreas Munch, L. L. Langstroth, and George Robert Waterhouse. Among people deceased in 1877, Alexandre Herculano ranks 32. Before him are Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Walter Bagehot, Pōmare IV, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, and Johann Christian Poggendorff. After him are Louise Bertin, Alexander Braun, Charles Wilkes, José de Alencar, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, and Nikolay Ogarev.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Alexandre Herculano ranks 229 out of 633. Before him are Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930), Manuel Clemente (1948), Fernando Couto (1969), Francisco Lázaro (1891), António José de Almeida (1866), and Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860). After him are Maria Severa Onofriana (1820), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Carlos Seixas (1704), Carlos Tavares (1958), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), and José Costa (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Alexandre Herculano ranks 16. Before him are Luís Fróis (1532), Almeida Garrett (1799), Tomé Pires (1468), António Vieira (1608), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919). After him are Miguel Torga (1907), Duarte Barbosa (1480), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), and Jorge de Montemor (1520).

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