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Alexandre Herculano

1810 - 1877

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Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo (European Portuguese: [ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾ(ɨ) iɾkuˈlɐnu]; 28 March 1810 – 13 September 1877) was a Portuguese novelist and historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Herculano is the 2,757th most popular writer (up from 2,774th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 229th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandre Herculano ranks 2,757 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Wurmbrand, Morris West, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Vladimir Voinovich, Renia Spiegel, and Bonaventure des Périers. After him are Maurice de Guérin, Ion Creangă, Luis Cernuda, Jacob Israël de Haan, Gustave Kahn, and Leonard Woolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alexandre Herculano ranks 50. Before him are Alexandre Calame, Norbert Burgmüller, Stanko Vraz, Louise Colet, Margaret Fuller, and Ferdinand David. After him are Maurice de Guérin, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johann Löwenthal, Giovanni Lanza, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and Abraham Geiger. Among people deceased in 1877, Alexandre Herculano ranks 33. Before him are Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Pōmare IV, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexander Braun, and Walter Bagehot. After him are Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Louise Bertin, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Charles Wilkes, José de Alencar, and Anthimus VI of Constantinople.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Alexandre Herculano ranks 237 out of 633. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704), António Marto (1947), Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), Manuel Bento (1948), Bento de Góis (1562), and António José de Almeida (1866). After him are Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Cristóvão da Gama (1516), Manuel Cardoso (1566), José Costa (1953), and Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Alexandre Herculano ranks 17. Before him are Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Tomé Pires (1468), António Vieira (1608), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), and Maria Teresa Horta (1937). After him are Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), António Ferreira (1528), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), and Miguel Torga (1907).

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