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Andrea Alciato

1492 - 1550

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Andrea Alciato (8 May 1492 – 12 January 1550), commonly known as Alciati (Andreas Alciatus), was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Alciato is the 99th most popular historian (up from 106th in 2019), the 1,475th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,552nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Andrea Alciato ranks 99 out of 561. Before him are Sozomen, Eunapius, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Flavio Biondo, Tyrannius Rufinus, and Sextus Julius Africanus. After him are Emmanuel Todd, Minhaj-i-Siraj, Agatharchides, Lev Gumilyov, Al-Waqidi, and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Andrea Alciato ranks 7. Before him are Marguerite de Navarre, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Pietro Aretino, Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and Elizabeth Tudor. After him are John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Jean du Bellay, Martín de Azpilcueta, Adam Ries, and Saadet I Giray. Among people deceased in 1550, Andrea Alciato ranks 5. Before him are John of God, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Jang-geum, and William IV, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Claude, Duke of Guise, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Sebald Beham, Tabinshwehti, Françoise d'Alençon, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Gian Giorgio Trissino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Alciato ranks 1,475 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Drusus Caesar (7), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Pier Angeli (1932), Giovanni Battista Amici (1786), and Ruggero Deodato (1939). After him are Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Paolo Giovio (1483), Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Leonardo Leo (1694), and Joe D'Amato (1936).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Andrea Alciato ranks 13. Before him are Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345). After him are Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), Martino Martini (1614), Antiochus of Syracuse (-450), Annius of Viterbo (1437), Philistus (-430), and Festus (390).

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