WRITER

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

1856 - 1912

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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾθeˈlino meˈnendeθ i peˈlaʝo]; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1912) was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo has received more than 71,883 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo is the 3,517th most popular writer (up from 3,599th in 2019), the 1,150th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Historia de las ideas estéticas en España
Spanish literature, History and criticism, History
1883
Antología de poetas líricos Castellanos desde la formación del idioma hasta nuestros días
History and criticism, Spanish poetry, Spanish poetry (Collections)
1890
Orígenes de la novela
History and criticism, Spanish fiction, Accessible book
1905
Estudios de crítica literaria
History and criticism, Spanish literature, Accessible book
1884
Historia de los heterodoxos españoles
Accessible book, Christian sects, Church history
Important study about documentation on heterodoxes in Spain by Don Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, including information about protestants, alumbrados, cripto-jews, cripto-islamics,... and famous Spanish who supported ideas aganist ortodox catholicism from Trento Concillium. / Importante estudio basado en la documentación sobre los heterodoxos españoles por Don Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, incluye información sobre los protestantes, los alumbrados, los cripto-judíos, los cripto-musulmanes,... y algunos famosos españoles que defendieron ideas que se oponían al pensamiento ortodoxo católico del Concilio de Trento.
1880
La ciencia española
Bibliography, Learning and scholarship, Spanish literature
1879

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Over the past year Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo has had the most page views in the with 45,845 views, followed by English (9,592), and Catalan (2,096). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (76.83%), Quechua (69.62%), and Basque (48.57%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 3,517 out of 7,302. Before him are Léo Malet, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Emmanuel Bove, Alexey Troitsky, Henri Alleg, and Ferdinand Brunetière. After him are Phan Thi Kim Phuc, He Zhizhang, Remigius of Auxerre, Johannes von Tepl, Arator, and Sara Teasdale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 80. Before him are Robert Kajanus, Giuseppe Martucci, Booker T. Washington, Yu Kil-chun, Felix Mottl, and Franz Roubaud. After him are Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Louis Brandeis, André Gedalge, Luigi Bianchi, Matilde Serao, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman. Among people deceased in 1912, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 81. Before him are Björn Jónsson, Clara Barton, Henri Brisson, José Canalejas, Émile Lemoine, and Andrew Lang. After him are Lewis Boss, Dmitry Milyutin, Walter Clopton Wingfield, William Wilson, Jaroslav Vrchlický, and Francis Davis Millet.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 1,150 out of 3,355. Before him are Rosa Montero (1951), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Manuel Alonso Areizaga (1895), Raquel Meller (1888), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and José Benito de Churriguera (1665). After him are Julio Jiménez (1934), Juan Martínez Montañés (1568), Paco Bienzobas (1909), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), Joaquim Rifé (1942), and Josep Maria Subirachs (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 128. Before him are Carmen Laforet (1921), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Rosa Montero (1951), and Gonzalo de Berceo (1197). After him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895), Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), Concepción Arenal (1820), Lola Anglada (1892), and Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916).

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