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José de Espronceda

1808 - 1842

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José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (25 March 1808 – 23 May 1842) was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José de Espronceda has received more than 163,527 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. José de Espronceda is the 1,900th most popular writer (down from 1,679th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José de Espronceda ranks 1,900 out of 7,302Before him are Augustin Barruel, Valery Bryusov, Nora Ephron, Begum Rokeya, Colin Wilson, and Luis de León. After him are Voltairine de Cleyre, Erinna, Khushal Khattak, Joseph Addison, Christopher Robin Milne, and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, José de Espronceda ranks 30Before him are Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Nimatullah Kassab, Urbano Rattazzi, Eugénie de Beauharnais, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, and Henrik Wergeland. After him are Mindon Min, Venancio Flores, Emma Darwin, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, and Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval. Among people deceased in 1842, José de Espronceda ranks 16Before him are Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, Peter Fendi, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Francisco Morazán. After him are Wojciech Żywny, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, and Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José de Espronceda ranks 662 out of 3,355Before him are Rosalía Mera (1944), Eleanor of Castile (1191), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), Abd al-Rahman V (1001), Julio González (1876), and Luis de León (1527). After him are Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Najwa Nimri (1972), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Fernán González of Castile (910), Jesús María Pereda (1938), and Mauregatus of Asturias (800).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, José de Espronceda ranks 70Before him are Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Josep Pla (1897), Abbot Oliba (971), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), and Luis de León (1527). After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Jaume Cabré (1947), Jorge Manrique (1440), and Caterina Albert (1869).