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Joseph of Anchieta

1534 - 1597

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José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ (Joseph of Anchieta; 19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Canarian Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its European discovery, Anchieta was one of the founders of São Paulo in 1554 and of Rio de Janeiro in 1565. He is the first playwright, the first grammarian and the first poet born in the Canary Islands, and is considered the father of Brazilian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph of Anchieta has received more than 67,756 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Joseph of Anchieta is the 769th most popular writer (up from 913th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Spain (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Josef of Anchieta is most famous for his book "Historia de las Indias" which is a history of the Americas.

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 769 out of 5,755. Before him are Stephen Covey, Ingeborg Bachmann, Marie de France, Venantius Fortunatus, Cesare Pavese, and George Steiner. After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Maurice Druon, André Chénier, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Sherwood Anderson, and Philippe Ariès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 6. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, Orlande de Lassus, Frederick II of Denmark, Myeongjong of Joseon, and Isaac Luria. After him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Lautaro, Guru Ram Das, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Robert Garnier. Among people deceased in 1597, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 7. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, Peter Canisius, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Paulo Miki, and Maharana Pratap. After him are Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Barbara Blomberg, Franciscus Patricius, Edward Kelley, Gunilla Bielke, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 238 out of 2,932. Before him are Lope de Aguirre (1518), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Hernando de Soto (1500), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Kane (1967), and Antoni Tàpies (1923). After him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 23. Before him are Leo Africanus (1494), Columella (4), Luis de Góngora (1561), Judah Halevi (1079), Jacinto Benavente (1866), and Antonio Machado (1875). After him are Matilde Camus (1919), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843).

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