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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

1744 - 1811

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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos is the 9,569th most popular politician (down from 9,230th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Spain (up from 855th in 2019) and the 277th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ranks 9,569 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Adelaide of Paris, Ekkathat, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, and Alan IV, Duke of Brittany. After him are Childebrand I, Irene Asanina, Otto Orseolo, Quietus, Clotilde, and David Axelrod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ranks 15. Before him are Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Pierce Butler, Elbridge Gerry, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. After him are Giacomo Quarenghi, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Marianna Martines, Nikolay Novikov, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, and Conrad Moench. Among people deceased in 1811, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ranks 9. Before him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, and Nevil Maskelyne. After him are Eliza Poe, Thomas Percy, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Ignacio Allende.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ranks 838 out of 3,355. Before him are Joseph Albo (1380), Fructuosus of Braga (601), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Carlos Westendorp (1937), and Marcos Alonso (1933). After him are Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532), Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), Constanza Manuel (1315), Joaquín Almunia (1948), José Calvo Sotelo (1893), and Ion Andoni Goikoetxea (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos ranks 277. Before him are Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882), Enric Prat de la Riba (1870), Pau Claris i Casademunt (1586), Enrique Líster (1907), Bera, Count of Barcelona (770), and Carlos Westendorp (1937). After him are Constanza Manuel (1315), Joaquín Almunia (1948), José Calvo Sotelo (1893), Eleanor of Arborea (1340), Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050), and Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1180).

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