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Euclides da Cunha

1866 - 1909

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Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ dɐ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the Brazilian government against the rebellious village of Canudos, known as the War of Canudos. This book was a favorite of Robert Lowell, who ranked it above Tolstoy. Jorge Luis Borges also commented on it in his short story "Three Versions of Judas". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Euclides da Cunha is the 621st most popular biologist (down from 593rd in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 420th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Euclides da Cunha ranks 621 out of 1,097. Before him are Imre Frivaldszky, Charles Walter De Vis, Patrick Manson, Emil Racoviță, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, and Étienne Pierre Ventenat. After him are Alfred Grandidier, Ray Lankester, Aldo Leopold, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Volcher Coiter, and Charles David Keeling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Euclides da Cunha ranks 96. Before him are E. W. Hornung, Tilemachos Karakalos, Ernest Starling, Kuroda Seiki, Georg Jensen, and Avetis Aharonian. After him are Alexander Protopopov, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Ants Laikmaa, J. B. M. Hertzog, James J. Corbett, and Voltairine de Cleyre. Among people deceased in 1909, Euclides da Cunha ranks 66. Before him are Paul Ranson, Pascual Cervera y Topete, Helena Modjeska, Futabatei Shimei, Giuseppe Martucci, Harry Seeley, Eva Bonnier, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Madan Lal Dhingra, Innokenty Annensky, Whitcomb L. Judson, and Fazlullah Nouri.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Euclides da Cunha ranks 382 out of 2,236. Before him are Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847), Otto Glória (1917), Fabinho (1993), Maneca (1926), Tita (1958), and Evaristo de Macedo (1933). After him are Roberto Emílio da Cunha (1912), Marcos Valle (1943), Roberto Firmino (1991), Martim Mércio da Silveira (1911), Zinho (1967), and Ado (1946).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among biologists born in Brazil, Euclides da Cunha ranks 2. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915). After him are Bertha Lutz (1894), João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842), and Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922).

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