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Tomás António Gonzaga

1744 - 1810

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Tomás António Gonzaga (11 August 1744 – c. 1810) was a Portuguese poet. One of the most famous Neoclassic writers in colonial Brazil, he was also the ouvidor and the ombudsman of the city of Ouro Preto (formerly "Vila Rica"), as well as the desembargador of the appeal court in Bahia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomás António Gonzaga has received more than 34,386 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomás António Gonzaga is the 5,434th most popular writer (down from 4,862nd in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 317th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 5,434 out of 7,302Before him are Nikolai Aseev, John Clare, Amelia Opie, Bill O'Reilly, Madeline Miller, and Dan Houser. After him are Isabel Briggs Myers, Joseph Jacobs, Richard Hoggart, Jan Lechoń, Christopher Paolini, and Scott O'Dell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 29Before him are Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, Heinrich Christian Boie, Mary Moser, and Félix de Avelar Brotero. After him are Thomas Mifflin, and Pierce Butler. Among people deceased in 1810, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 33Before him are Johan Zoffany, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Charles Brockden Brown, John Hoppner, Johann Gottfried Seume, and William Martin. After him is Sarah Trimmer.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 365 out of 633Before him are Ferreira de Castro (1898), Hélder Postiga (1982), Sara Martins (1977), Germano de Figueiredo (1932), José Luandino Vieira (1935), and Fernando Meira (1978). After him are Aquilino Ribeiro (1885), Domingos Paciência (1969), Pedro Lamy (1972), Jaime Graça (1942), Jorge de Sena (1919), and Walther Katzenstein (1878).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 34Before him are Florbela Espanca (1894), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Manuel Alegre (1936), Natália Correia (1923), Ferreira de Castro (1898), and José Luandino Vieira (1935). After him are Aquilino Ribeiro (1885), Jorge de Sena (1919), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), Herberto Hélder (1930), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), and José Luís Peixoto (1974).