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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 16,372 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jerónimo Zurita y Castro is the 293rd most popular historian (down from 256th in 2019), the 1,161st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 293 out of 339. Before him are Gerda Lerner, Heinrich Zimmer, İlber Ortaylı, Kurt Aland, Paul Kennedy, and Edwin O. Reischauer. After him are Donald Kagan, Drew Gilpin Faust, Fernão Lopes, Julien Ries, Joseph-François Michaud, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 16. Before him are Diego Laynez, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Sibylle of Cleves, Prospero Fontana, Marcin Kromer, and Galeazzo Alessi. After him is Kamran Mirza. Among people deceased in 1580, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 17. Before him are Inés Suárez, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Juliana of Stolberg, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Alonso Mudarra, and Giovanni Morone. After him is Raphael Holinshed.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 1,161 out of 2,932. Before him are María Blanchard (1881), Félix de Azara (1742), Álex de la Iglesia (1965), Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (1756), Ricardo Blázquez (1942), and Benito Floro (1952). After him are Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Nicolás Monardes (1508), Martí Ventolrà (1906), Robert Gerhard (1896), Juan Carlos Ferrero (1980), and Juanito (1954).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro ranks 5. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), Juan de Mariana (1536), and Ibn Hayyan (987). After him are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952).

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