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Luís Fróis

1532 - 1597

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Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century. As a Jesuit, he preached in Japan during the Sengoku period, meeting with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís Fróis has received more than 134,550 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Luís Fróis is the 2,131st most popular writer (up from 2,215th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Portugal and the 10th most popular Portuguese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

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  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Historia de Japam
Jesuits, History, Church history
1976
Die Geschichte Japans (1549-1578)
Jesuits, History
1926
Lettera del Giapone degli anni 1591 et 1592
Early works to 1800, History, Jesuits
1595
Traité de Luís Fróis, S.J. (1585) sur les contradictions de mœurs entre Européens et Japonais, 1621-1626
Social life and customs, Early accounts to 1600, Journeys
1993
The First European Description of Japan, 1585
Japan, civilization, Japan, social conditions, Japan, description and travel
2014
Nihon shi
Jesuits, History, Church history
1932
Historia de Japam
Jesuits, History, Church history
1976
Lettera del Giapone degli anni 1591 et 1592
Early works to 1800, History, Jesuits
1595
Die Geschichte Japans (1549-1578)
Jesuits, History
1926
Nihon shi
Jesuits, History, Church history
1932
Traité de Luís Fróis, S.J. (1585) sur les contradictions de mœurs entre Européens et Japonais, 1621-1626
Social life and customs, Early accounts to 1600, Journeys
1993
The First European Description of Japan, 1585
Japan, civilization, Japan, social conditions, Japan, description and travel
2014

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luís Fróis ranks 2,131 out of 7,302. Before him are James Boswell, Pavel Kohout, Savitri Devi, Guðbergur Bergsson, Daqiqi, and Aphra Behn. After him are Almeida Garrett, Kenneth Grahame, William Caxton, Salvador de Madariaga, Jean Bolland, and Rachel Bluwstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Luís Fróis ranks 8. Before him are Yermak Timofeyevich, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, John Hawkins, Francis Walsingham, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Alphonsus Rodriguez, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Maerten de Vos, Mehmed II Giray, and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia. Among people deceased in 1597, Luís Fróis ranks 16. Before him are Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Gunilla Bielke, Won Gyun, and Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona. After him are Prospero Fontana, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Lucas van Valckenborch, Klaus Fleming, Fernando de Herrera, and Jakub Wujek.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís Fróis ranks 182 out of 633. Before him are Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Paulo Sousa (1970), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Sérgio Conceição (1974), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), and Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400). After him are Almeida Garrett (1799), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Alexandrina of Balazar (1904), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), and Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Luís Fróis ranks 10. Before him are Denis of Portugal (1261), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), and Camilo Castelo Branco (1825). After him are Almeida Garrett (1799), Tomé Pires (1468), António Vieira (1608), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), and Alexandre Herculano (1810).

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