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Bartolomé de las Casas

1484 - 1566

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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP (US: lahss KAH-səss; Spanish pronunciation: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas]); 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as an historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomé de las Casas is the 265th most popular writer (up from 271st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Spain and the 5th most popular Spanish Writer.

Bartolomé de las Casas is most famous for his work in the Americas, where he argued for the rights of indigenous peoples.

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Among writers, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 265 out of 7,302. Before him are Alcaeus of Mytilene, Primo Levi, Herta Müller, Dale Carnegie, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Jordanes. After him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Anna Akhmatova, Sallust, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Snorri Sturluson, and Jami.

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Among people born in 1484, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 2. Before him is Huldrych Zwingli. After him are Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Sebastian Cabot, Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1566, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 3. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent, and Nostradamus. After him are Diane de Poitiers, Nikola IV Zrinski, Daniele da Volterra, Louise Labé, Leonhart Fuchs, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, and Lambert Lombard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 69 out of 3,355. Before him are Abd al-Rahman III (889), Felipe VI of Spain (1968), Michael Servetus (1509), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), Luis Suárez (1935), and Al-Zahrawi (936). After him are Quintilian (35), Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545), Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Isaac Albéniz (1860), and Luis Enrique (1970).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas ranks 5. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), and Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600). After him are Quintilian (35), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Henry IV of Castile (1425).

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