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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 76,770 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Joseph of Anchieta is the 683rd most popular writer (up from 768th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Spain (up from 238th in 2019) and the 22nd 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 683 out of 7,302. Before him are Sei Shōnagon, Bernard Gui, André Chénier, Novatian, Phillis Wheatley, and Derek Walcott. After him are Jacinto Benavente, Claudian, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Kang Youwei, Jean Froissart, and Truman Capote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 5. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, Orlande de Lassus, Frederick II of Denmark, and Myeongjong of Joseon. After him are Isaac Luria, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Guru Ram Das, Lautaro, Abtai Sain Khan, and Giovanni de' Bardi. Among people deceased in 1597, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 6. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, Maharana Pratap, Peter Canisius, and Paulo Miki. After him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 207 out of 3,355. Before him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Matilde Camus (1919), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Urraca of León (1081), and Alfonso IX of León (1171). After him are Jacinto Benavente (1866), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Alfonso the Battler (1073), and Pomponius Mela (15).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joseph of Anchieta ranks 22. Before him are Judah Halevi (1079), Columella (4), Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Matilde Camus (1919). After him are Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Jorge Semprún (1923), and Silius Italicus (26).

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