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Eugenio Espejo

1747 - 1795

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Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo[a] (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of criollo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugenio Espejo is the 4,882nd most popular writer (down from 4,623rd in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Ecuador and the 2nd most popular Ecuadorean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugenio Espejo ranks 4,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Sultan Bahu, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Paul Theroux, Tua Forsström, Dương Thu Hương, and Peter Ackroyd. After him are Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Steven Millhauser, Antoni Malczewski, Kamala Surayya, Steven Erikson, and Shōhei Ōoka.

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Among people born in 1747, Eugenio Espejo ranks 27. Before him are Grigory Shelikhov, Timothy Dexter, John Paul Jones, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Alexander Bezborodko, and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne. After him are Iolo Morganwg, Benjamin Vulliamy, György Bessenyei, and Samuel Osgood. Among people deceased in 1795, Eugenio Espejo ranks 33. Before him are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Maruyama Ōkyo, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Johan Henric Kellgren, and William Bradford. After him are Ivan Betskoy, and Josiah Bartlett.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Eugenio Espejo ranks 33 out of 147. Before him are Carlos María de la Torre (1873), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), José de la Mar (1778), Juan Montalvo (1832), Osvaldo Hurtado (1939), and Antonio Valencia (1985). After him are Enner Valencia (1989), Matilde Hidalgo (1889), Byron Moreno (1969), Vicente Ramón Roca (1792), Pancho Segura (1921), and Isidro Ayora (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Ecuador

Among writers born in Ecuador, Eugenio Espejo ranks 2. Before him are Juan Montalvo (1832). After him are Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906), and Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926).

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