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PHILOSOPHER

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro

1676 - 1764

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Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈnito xeˈɾonimo fejˈxo(o) j monteˈneɣɾo]; 8 October 1676 – 26 September 1764) was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro has received more than 92,033 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro is the 893rd most popular philosopher (down from 863rd in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 910th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro ranks 893 out of 1,081. Before him are Zacharias Rhetor, Firmin Abauzit, Arethas of Caesarea, Élisabeth Badinter, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, and Erich Neumann. After him are Tomáš Halík, Frederick Copleston, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and Porcia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro ranks 17. Before him are Jacopo Riccati, Stanisław Poniatowski, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Michael II Apafi, and Mkhitar Sebastatsi. After him are Maria Clara Eimmart and Boris Kurakin. Among people deceased in 1764, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro ranks 13. Before him are Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Mattheson, Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. After him are Semyon Chelyuskin, Nathaniel Bliss, Picander, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro ranks 972 out of 2,932. Before him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875), Ibn Hayyan (987), Robert de Nola (1500), and Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398). After him are Joaquín Caparrós (1955), José Canalejas (1854), Luis Regueiro (1908), Tomás de Zumalacárregui (1788), Pedro Casaldáliga (1928), and Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro ranks 28. Before him are Melchor Cano (1509), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Domingo de Soto (1494), Joseph Albo (1380), Lubna of Córdoba (922), and Bahya ibn Paquda (1050). After him are Fernando Savater (1947), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Gómez Pereira (1500), and Julián Marías (1914).

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