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Almeida Garrett

1799 - 1854

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João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈmɐjðɐ ɣɐˈʁɛtɨ]; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of theater in Portugal he is considered the greatest figure of Portuguese Romanticism and a true revolutionary and humanist. He proposed the construction of the D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Almeida Garrett has received more than 167,163 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Almeida Garrett is the 2,085th most popular writer (up from 2,242nd in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 170th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 170k

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  • 54.79

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Almeida Garrett ranks 2,085 out of 5,755Before him are Dick Francis, Gurju Khatun, João Guimarães Rosa, Nicholas Rémy, Maurice Sendak, and Miloš Crnjanski. After him are Samael Aun Weor, Hermas, José Zorrilla, Sébastien Japrisot, Georges Ohnet, and Flannery O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Almeida Garrett ranks 21Before him are Karl Adolph von Basedow, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, John Lindley, Countess of Ségur, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, and Vincenz Priessnitz. After him are Jedediah Smith, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, René Caillié, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, François-Auguste Biard, and Ferenc Gyulay. Among people deceased in 1854, Almeida Garrett ranks 15Before him are Józef Elsner, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Zénaïde Bonaparte, John Martin, and Marcellin Marbot. After him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Kamehameha III, Fructuoso Rivera, Nicolás Bravo, Émilie de Villeneuve, and Jeremias Gotthelf.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Almeida Garrett ranks 175 out of 555Before him are Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), John, Constable of Portugal (1400), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), and Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538). After him are Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952), Nuno Tristão (1500), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Paulo Futre (1966), and Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Almeida Garrett ranks 11Before him are Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Tomé Pires (1468), and Camilo Castelo Branco (1825). After him are Luís Fróis (1532), António Vieira (1608), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), and Miguel Torga (1907).