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Jerónimo Zurita y Castro

1512 - 1580

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Jerónimo (or Gerónimo) de Zurita y Castro or simply Jerónimo (or Gerónimo) de Zurita (1512 – 3 November 1580) was a Spanish historian of the sixteenth century who founded the modern tradition of historical scholarship in Spain. Born at Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon, he studied at Alcalá de Henares under the Hellenist Hernán Nuñez. Through the influence of his father, Miguel de Zurita, physician to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he entered the public service as magistrate at Barbastro, and in 1537 was appointed assistant-secretary of the Inquisition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerónimo Zurita y Castro has received more than 18,045 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerónimo Zurita y Castro is the 396th most popular historian (down from 293rd in 2019), the 1,440th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,159th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 396 out of 561. Before him are Cyril Toumanoff, Dino Compagni, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Serhii Plokhy, Michael Aris, and Taner Akçam. After him are Gottfried Arnold, Martin van Creveld, Agnes Arber, Gerhard Ritter, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., and Stanley Morison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 18. Before him are Sibylle of Cleves, Prospero Fontana, Galeazzo Alessi, Cristoforo Madruzzo, Marcin Kromer, and Kamran Mirza.  Among people deceased in 1580, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 19. Before him are Hieronymus Wolf, Philippine Welser, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Alonso Mudarra, Giovanni Morone, and Raphael Holinshed.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 1,440 out of 3,355. Before him are Ana Botín (1960), Gómez Pereira (1500), Esperanza Aguirre (1952), Joseíto (1926), Pedro Solbes (1942), and Jaime Lazcano (1909). After him are Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), Paco Peña (1942), Juan Carlos Valerón (1975), Vicente Miera (1940), Gabriel Alonso (1923), and Julián Marías (1914).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 7. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), Ibn Hayyan (987), Francisco López de Gómara (1511), Juan de Mariana (1536), and Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952).

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