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Duarte Barbosa

1480 - 1521

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Duarte Barbosa (c. 1480 – 1 May 1521) was a Portuguese writer and officer from Portuguese India (between 1500 and 1516). He was a scrivener in a feitoria in Kochi, and an interpreter of the local language, Malayalam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duarte Barbosa has received more than 256,094 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Duarte Barbosa is the 3,105th most popular writer (down from 2,599th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 194th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 260k

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  • 51.33

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Duarte Barbosa ranks 3,105 out of 5,755Before him are António Ferreira, Corrie ten Boom, Ennio Flaiano, Max Gallo, Walter Hasenclever, and Nazik Al-Malaika. After him are Léon Daudet, Alain Chartier, Jean Richepin, Gaston Rébuffat, Theodor Kallifatides, and Curt von Bardeleben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Duarte Barbosa ranks 30Before him are Herri met de Bles, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Aleandro, and Girolamo Savoldo. After him is Vannoccio Biringuccio. Among people deceased in 1521, Duarte Barbosa ranks 17Before him are Francisco Serrão, Raffaele Riario, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Jorge Álvares, Tamás Bakócz, and Neagoe Basarab. After him is John II, Duke of Cleves.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Duarte Barbosa ranks 231 out of 555Before him are António José de Almeida (1866), Paulo Bento (1969), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), António Ferreira (1528), and Fábio Coentrão (1988). After him are João do Canto e Castro (1862), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), Francisco Lázaro (1891), Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal (1739), Alexandre Herculano (1810), and Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Duarte Barbosa ranks 20Before him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Miguel Torga (1907), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and António Ferreira (1528). After him are Alexandre Herculano (1810), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Antero de Quental (1842), Christopher Hampton (1946), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765).