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Antonio de Nebrija

1441 - 1522

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Antonio de Nebrija (1444 – 5 July 1522) was the most influential Spanish humanist of his era. He wrote poetry, commented on literary works, and encouraged the study of classical languages and literature, but his most important contributions were in the fields of grammar and lexicography. Nebrija was the author of the Spanish Grammar (Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495). His grammar is the first published grammar study of any modern European language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio de Nebrija is the 1,670th most popular writer (up from 1,782nd in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Spain (up from 633rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Antonio de Nebrija ranks 1,670 out of 7,302. Before him are György Konrád, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jean Bodel, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, André Brink, and Marquis de Custine. After him are Miklós Zrínyi, Arnaldur Indriðason, Marcel Achard, Thoinot Arbeau, Notker the Stammerer, and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1441, Antonio de Nebrija ranks 10. Before him are Charlotte of Savoy, Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Matteo Maria Boiardo, and Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. After him are Francisco de Borja, and Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1522, Antonio de Nebrija ranks 6. Before him are Johann Reuchlin, Piero di Cosimo, Anne of France, Piero Soderini, and Margarita Luti. After him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Alain I of Albret, Ramón de Cardona, Johannes Werner, and Hans von Kulmbach.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio de Nebrija ranks 574 out of 3,355. Before him are Ildefonsus (607), Míchel (1963), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), Luis del Sol (1935), Manuel Marín (1949), and Chintila (606). After him are Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón (1727), Isabella Colbran (1785), Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531), Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Antonio de Nebrija ranks 55. Before him are Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Rafael Alberti (1902), Ausiàs March (1400), Sabino Arana (1865), Joseph Karo (1488), and Ildefonsus (607). After him are Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Mateo Alemán (1547), Caterina Albert (1869), Josep Pla (1897), Fernando Arrabal (1932), and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532).

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