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Quintilian

35 - 96

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: [kᶣiːn.tɪ.li.ˈaː.nʊs]; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quintilian has received more than 733,895 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 47 in 2019). Quintilian is the 190th most popular writer (up from 204th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 51st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Writer.

Quintilian is most famous for his work, Institutio Oratoria, which was a guide to the art of public speaking.

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  • 730k

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  • 72.72

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Quintilian ranks 190 out of 5,755Before him are Sigrid Undset, François-René de Chateaubriand, John Steinbeck, Orhan Pamuk, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Svetlana Alexievich. After him are Snorri Sturluson, Terence, Karen Blixen, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Tristan Tzara, and Ian Fleming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 35, Quintilian ranks 1After him are Ignatius of Antioch, Statilia Messalina, and Justus of Tiberias. Among people deceased in 96, Quintilian ranks 2Before him is Domitian. After him are Joseph of Arimathea and Statius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Quintilian ranks 53 out of 2,932Before him are Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Lope de Vega (1562), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), John of the Cross (1542), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), and Tomás de Torquemada (1420). After him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Ramon Llull (1232), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Michael Servetus (1509), Abd al-Rahman III (889), and Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Quintilian ranks 4Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), and Lope de Vega (1562). After him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64).