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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 72,688 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo is the 3,612th most popular writer (down from 3,481st in 2019), the 1,122nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 134th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

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  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 3,612 out of 5,755. Before him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Driss Chraïbi, I. A. Richards, Ruth Westheimer, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, and Eiko Kadono. After him are Jan Wolkers, Yuri Rytkheu, Aleksey Pisemsky, Zofia Nałkowska, Connie Willis, and Mary Sidney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 80. Before him are Elbert Hubbard, Wojciech Kossak, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Rudolf Stammler, Apollinary Vasnetsov, and André Gedalge. After him are Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Franz Roubaud, Paul von Jankó, Luigi Bianchi, Aleksander Brückner, and Robert Kajanus. Among people deceased in 1912, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 79. Before him are Dmitry Milyutin, Henri Brisson, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Mykola Pymonenko, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Andrew Lang. After him are Antonio Pacinotti, Lawrence Oates, Ferdinand Monoyer, Daniel Burnham, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Toyohara Chikanobu.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 1,122 out of 2,932. Before him are Rafael Arnaiz Barón (1911), Fernando Sebastián Aguilar (1929), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Feliciano Rivilla (1936), Lola Anglada (1892), and Eduardo Fajardo (1924). After him are Valeriano Weyler (1838), Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950), José Enrique Varela (1891), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), and Federico Moreno Torroba (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ranks 134. Before him are Txillardegi (1929), Ramón Chao (1935), Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), and Lola Anglada (1892). After 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).

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