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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 49,958 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernão Lopes is the 296th most popular historian, the 266th most popular biography from Portugal and the most popular Portuguese Historian.

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  • 49.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Fernão Lopes ranks 296 out of 339. Before him are Kurt Aland, Paul Kennedy, Edwin O. Reischauer, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Donald Kagan, and Drew Gilpin Faust. After him are Julien Ries, Joseph-François Michaud, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Filippo Baldinucci, Moritz Cantor, and Mikhail Pogodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Fernão Lopes ranks 8. Before him are John I, Duke of Alençon, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Isidore of Kiev, and Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola.  Among people deceased in 1458, Fernão Lopes ranks 9. Before him are Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Lazar Branković, John II of Cyprus, Basarab II of Wallachia, and Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernão Lopes ranks 266 out of 555. Before him are Bruno Alves (1981), Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Maniche (1977), António Simões (1943), and Guilhermina Suggia (1885). After him are Nadir Afonso (1920), Manuel Clemente (1948), João de Loureiro (1717), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846).

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Among HISTORIANS In Portugal

Among historians born in Portugal, Fernão Lopes ranks 1. 

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