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José Cadalso

1741 - 1782

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José de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782), Spanish, Colonel of the Royal Spanish Army, author, poet, playwright and essayist, one of the canonical producers of Spanish Enlightenment literature. Before completing his twentieth year, Cadalso had traveled through Italy, Germany, England, France and Portugal, and he had studied the history and literature of these countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Cadalso has received more than 64,784 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). José Cadalso is the 3,749th most popular writer (down from 3,533rd in 2019), the 1,151st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 141st most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Cadalso ranks 3,749 out of 5,755. Before him are Ugo Betti, Edgar Hilsenrath, Arundhati Roy, Said Akl, Norman Manea, and Moa Martinson. After him are David Brin, Harold Russell, James Krüss, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Yun Seondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, José Cadalso ranks 22. Before him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Augustin Barruel, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Ivan Gudovich. After him are William Withering, Franciszek Karpiński, Aagje Deken, Charles Willson Peale, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, and Samuel Chase. Among people deceased in 1782, José Cadalso ranks 29. Before him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Sadeq Khan Zand, and Christine Kirch. After him are Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Charles Lee, Martha Jefferson, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, and Henry Home, Lord Kames.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Cadalso ranks 1,151 out of 2,932. Before him are Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Jesús Navas (1985), Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), Alejandro Casona (1903), and Luis Miró (1913). After him are Julio Jiménez (1934), Javi Martínez (1988), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), María Blanchard (1881), Félix de Azara (1742), and Álex de la Iglesia (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, José Cadalso ranks 141. Before him are Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Lope de Rueda (1500), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), and Alejandro Casona (1903). After him are Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Manuel José Quintana (1772), Joan Alcover (1854), Manuel Machado (1874), Cerverí de Girona (1259), and Fernando de Herrera (1534).

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