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Damião de Góis

1502 - 1574

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Damião de Góis (Portuguese: [dɐmiˈɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣɔjʃ]; February 2, 1502 – January 30, 1574), born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damião de Góis has received more than 79,139 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Damião de Góis is the 49th most popular diplomat (down from 43rd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 211th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Diplomat.

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  • 79k

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  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Damião de Góis ranks 49 out of 52. Before him are Ralph Bunche, Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Paul Schmidt, and J. Christopher Stevens. After him are Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Victoria Nuland, Ángel Sanz Briz, Jules Cambon, William J. Burns, and Selahattin Ülkümen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Damião de Góis ranks 14. Before him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Pedro Nunes, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him is Barthel Beham. Among people deceased in 1574, Damião de Góis ranks 15. Before him are Ebussuud Efendi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louis of Nassau, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and Guru Amar Das. After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, and Gáspár Heltai.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 223 out of 555. Before him are Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), Garcia de Orta (1499), Maria de Medeiros (1965), John de Britto (1647), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510). After him are Miguel Torga (1907), António José de Almeida (1866), Paulo Bento (1969), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and António Ferreira (1528).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Portugal

Among diplomats born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 1. 

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