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Bernardino de Sahagún

1499 - 1590

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Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499 – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico). Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529. He learned Nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of Aztec beliefs, culture and history. Though he was primarily devoted to his missionary task, his extraordinary work documenting indigenous worldview and culture has earned him the title as "the first anthropologist." He also contributed to the description of Nahuatl, the imperial language of the Aztec Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardino de Sahagún is the 1,185th most popular writer (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Spain (down from 366th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Spanish Writer.

Bernardino de Sahagún is most famous for his book, "Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España," which is a compilation of Aztec culture, religion, and history.

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Among writers, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 1,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Cai Yan, Sami Frashëri, Anne Rice, Lin Yutang, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, and Donna Leon. After him are Joanot Martorell, Zachris Topelius, Jernej Kopitar, Monique Wittig, Michael Connelly, and Ljudevit Gaj.

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Among people born in 1499, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 8. Before him are Mary Boleyn, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Claude of France, Giulio Romano, and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset. After him are Peter of Alcantara, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Claude Garamond, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, and Michiel Coxie. Among people deceased in 1590, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, and Gioseffo Zarlino. After him are Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, Marietta Robusti, Maddalena Casulana, Giambattista Benedetti, and Leone Leoni.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 385 out of 3,355. Before him are Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1401), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), and Thérésa Tallien (1773). After him are Joanot Martorell (1415), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Hosius of Corduba (256), Juan de la Cosa (1460), and Ordoño I of Asturias (821).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 38. Before him are Abraham Abulafia (1240), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Jorge Semprún (1923), and Rosalía de Castro (1837). After him are Joanot Martorell (1415), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Pío Baroja (1872), and José de Acosta (1540).

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