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Marcelo H. del Pilar

1850 - 1896

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Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán (Spanish: [maɾˈθelojˈlaɾjo ðel piˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈselo ɪˈlaɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along with José Rizal and Graciano López Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.Del Pilar was born and brought up in Bulakan, Bulacan. He was suspended at the Universidad de Santo Tomás and imprisoned in 1869 after he and the parish priest quarreled over exorbitant baptismal fees. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcelo H. del Pilar has received more than 1,491,856 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Marcelo H. del Pilar is the 36th most popular journalist (up from 52nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Journalist.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

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  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 36 out of 127Before him are David Seymour, Eddie Adams, Christopher Hitchens, Edgar Snow, Victor Noir, and Joe Rosenthal. After him are François Mignet, Ara Güler, Marie Colvin, Pavlo Chubynsky, Thomas Nast, and Mohamed Hassanein Heikal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 43Before him are John Collier, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, George Huntington, Nikolai Golitsyn, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and Kate Chopin. After him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander von Linsingen, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Cut Nyak Dhien, Pablo Iglesias Posse, and Edward Bellamy. Among people deceased in 1896, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 36Before him are Ante Starčević, Ernst Curtius, Heinrich von Treitschke, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Louis Gerhard De Geer. After him are Luis Ricardo Falero, Antônio Carlos Gomes, William Robert Grove, Maria Wodzińska, Rainilaiarivony, and Giuseppe Fiorelli.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 15 out of 126Before him are Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Isabel Preysler (1951), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), and Manny Pacquiao (1978). After him are Jose P. Laurel (1891), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Elpidio Quirino (1890), Maria Ressa (1963), Melchora Aquino (1812), and Florencio Campomanes (1927).

Among JOURNALISTS In Philippines

Among journalists born in Philippines, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 1After him are Maria Ressa (1963).