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Bartolomé de las Casas

1484 - 1566

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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP (US: lahss KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolomé de las Casas has received more than 2,292,745 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Bartolomé de las Casas is the 255th most popular writer (down from 236th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Spain (down from 59th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Writer.

Bartolomé de las Casas is most famous for his work in the Americas, where he argued for the rights of indigenous peoples.

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

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  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 255 out of 5,755. Before him are Roald Dahl, Walt Whitman, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eckhart Tolle, and Isabel Allende. After him are Halldór Laxness, Dario Fo, Henrik Pontoppidan, Frédéric Mistral, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 2. Before him is Huldrych Zwingli. After him are Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Sebastian Cabot, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Michele Sanmicheli. Among people deceased in 1566, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 3. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent and Nostradamus. After him are Diane de Poitiers, Nikola IV Zrinski, Daniele da Volterra, Leonhart Fuchs, Louise Labé, Antonio de Cabezón, Margaret Paleologa, Sigismund von Herberstein, and Johannes Agricola.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 61 out of 2,932. Before him are Ramon Llull (1232), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Michael Servetus (1509), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), and Jusepe de Ribera (1591). After him are Isabella II of Spain (1830), Plácido Domingo (1941), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Florentino Pérez (1947), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), and Amancio Ortega (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 6. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), Quintilian (35), and Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600). After him are Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64).

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