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Francisco López de Gómara

1511 - 1566

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Francisco López de Gómara (February 2, 1511 – c. 1564) was a Spanish historian who worked in Seville, particularly noted for his works in which he described the early 16th century expedition undertaken by Hernán Cortés in the Spanish conquest of the New World. Although Gómara himself did not accompany Cortés, and had in fact never been to the Americas, he had firsthand access to Cortés and others of the returning conquistadores as the sources of his account. However other contemporaries, among them most notably Bernal Díaz del Castillo, criticised his work as being full of inaccuracies, and one which unjustifiably sanitised the events and aggrandised Cortés' role. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco López de Gómara is the 239th most popular historian (up from 269th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,079th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 239 out of 561. Before him are Julien Ries, Reinhart Dozy, Philochorus, Abu Mikhnaf, Tony Judt, and Edward Luttwak. After him are Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Ibn Hayyan, Alexander Vasiliev, Bernard Desclot, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, and Clifford Edmund Bosworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 8. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, and Erasmus Reinhold. After him are Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Nicola Vicentino, Juan Pizarro, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1566, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 15. Before him are Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, Lambert Lombard, Taddeo Zuccari, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen. After him are Guillaume Rondelet, Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, Johannes Agricola, David Rizzio, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 973 out of 3,355. Before him are Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola (1831), Agustina de Aragón (1786), Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515), Juan Yagüe (1891), and Joan Alcover (1854). After him are Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), Pedro González de Mendoza (1428), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), Ibn Hayyan (987), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), and Gómez Pereira (1500).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Francisco López de Gómara ranks 3. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213). After him are Ibn Hayyan (987), Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512), and Juan de Mariana (1536).

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