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Américo Castro

1885 - 1972

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Américo Castro Quesada (May 4, 1885 – July 25, 1972) was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity, raising controversy with his conclusions that Spaniards did not become the distinct group that they are today until after the Islamic conquest of Hispania of 711, an event that turned them into an Iberian caste co-existing among Moors and Jews, and that the history of Spain and Portugal was adversely affected with the success in the 11th to the 15th centuries of the "Reconquista" or Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and with the Spanish expulsion of the Jews (1492). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Américo Castro has received more than 47,673 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Américo Castro is the 433rd most popular historian (down from 361st in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 501st in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Historian.

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  • 47.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Américo Castro ranks 433 out of 561. Before her are J. B. Bury, Andreas Maislinger, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Léon Gautier, William Mitchell Ramsay, and Frances Yates. After her are Daniel J. Boorstin, Michael Panaretos, Martin Noth, H. A. R. Gibb, George Finlay, and Aron Gurevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Américo Castro ranks 198. Before her are María Grever, Anita Rée, Carl Silfverstrand, Tim Ahearne, Boris Vilkitsky, and Per Thorén. After her are Enrico Porro, José Durand Laguna, Leonida Tonelli, Lajos Tihanyi, Robert Liottel, and Henri Béraud. Among people deceased in 1972, Américo Castro ranks 185. Before her are Edmund Wilson, Julian Steward, Alexander Vampilov, He Xiangning, Olavi Virta, and Allauddin Khan. After her are Theodor Blank, Boris Livanov, Sven Markelius, John Grierson, Aharon Katzir, and Louella Parsons.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Américo Castro ranks 581 out of 2,236. Before her are Valdomiro (1946), Cecília Meireles (1901), Éder Militão (1998), Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), and Raphinha (1996). After her are Nathalia Timberg (1929), Marília Pêra (1943), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Royce Gracie (1966), Talisca (1994), and Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905).

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Among HISTORIANS In Brazil

Among historians born in Brazil, Américo Castro ranks 1. 

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