HISTORIAN

Fernão Lopes

1385 - 1458

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Fernão Lopes (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w ˈlɔpɨʃ]; c. 1385 – after 1459) was a Portuguese chronicler appointed by King Edward of Portugal. Fernão Lopes wrote the history of Portugal, but only a part of his work remained. His way of writing was based on oral discourse, and, on every page, it revealed his roots among the common people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernão Lopes has received more than 52,905 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fernão Lopes is the 347th most popular historian (down from 296th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 265th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Historian.

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  • 53k

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  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Fernão Lopes ranks 347 out of 561. Before him are John King Fairbank, Ronald Syme, Heinrich Zimmer, Ernest Fenollosa, Girolamo Mei, and Jérôme Carcopino. After him are William H. Prescott, John Keegan, Robert Darnton, Ernest Labrousse, Jacob Talmon, and Stanley G. Payne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Fernão Lopes ranks 9. Before him are John I, Duke of Alençon, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Isidore of Kiev, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, and Paul von Rusdorf.  Among people deceased in 1458, Fernão Lopes ranks 10. Before him are Lazar Branković, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Basarab II of Wallachia, John II of Cyprus, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, and Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernão Lopes ranks 303 out of 633. Before him are Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), José Malhoa (1855), Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (1805), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), António Ribeiro (1928), and Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509). After him are Manuel Cardoso (1566), António Marto (1947), Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Fernando Chalana (1959), and António Manoel de Vilhena (1663).

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Among HISTORIANS In Portugal

Among historians born in Portugal, Fernão Lopes ranks 1. 

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