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Chimalpahin

1579 - 1660

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Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (1579, Amecameca, Chalco—1660, Mexico City), usually referred to simply as Chimalpahin or Chimalpain, was a Nahua annalist from Chalco. His Nahuatl names (Nahuatl pronunciation: [tʃiːmaɬˈpaː.in kʷaːʍtɬeːwaˈnitsin]) mean "Runs Swiftly with a Shield" and "Rising Eagle", respectively, and he claimed descent from the lords of Tenango-Amecameca-Chalco. He was the grandson of the late Don Domingo Hernández Ayopochtzin, a seventh-generation descendant of the founding king of the polity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chimalpahin has received more than 58,476 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chimalpahin is the 407th most popular historian (down from 336th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 222nd in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Historian.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Chimalpahin ranks 407 out of 561. Before him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Stanley Morison, Olena Apanovych, Philip K. Hitti, Vladimir Ćorović, and Florian Cajori. After him are Daniel Pipes, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, and Thomas Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Chimalpahin ranks 14. Before him are Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johannes Meursius, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. After him is John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1660, Chimalpahin ranks 26. Before him are Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Matthias Stom, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Mary Dyer, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, and Joos van Craesbeeck.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Chimalpahin ranks 239 out of 729. Before him are Leticia Calderón (1968), Pedro María de Anaya (1795), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800), Roque González Garza (1885), and Francisco Robles Ortega (1949). After him are Manuel Rosas (1912), Juan Carreño (1909), Lupita Tovar (1910), Angélica Rivera (1969), José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776), and Paulina Rubio (1971).

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Among HISTORIANS In Mexico

Among historians born in Mexico, Chimalpahin ranks 1. After him are Miguel León-Portilla (1926).

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