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José Amador de los Ríos

1818 - 1878

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José Amador de los Ríos y Serrano (30 April 1818 – 17 February 1878) was a Spanish intellectual, primarily a historian and archaeologist of art and literature. He was a graduate in history of the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1844 he was the secretary of the Comisión Central de Monumentos. With Antonio de Zabaleta, he co-directed the ephemeral Boletín Español de Arquitectura, the first Spanish journal dedicated exclusively to architecture, published only from 1 June to December 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Amador de los Ríos is the 5,817th most popular writer (up from 5,858th in 2019), the 1,808th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,837th in 2019) and the 205th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, José Amador de los Ríos ranks 5,817 out of 7,302. Before him are Brad Falchuk, Earl Derr Biggers, Guido Gozzano, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Gardner Dozois, and Joe Orton. After him are Ma Jian, Donald Richie, John Clare, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Vjenceslav Novak, and Markus Zusak.

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Among people born in 1818, José Amador de los Ríos ranks 96. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach, Joseph Weydemeyer, Nikolay Milyutin, Henry Litolff, József Szlávy, and Juana Manuela Gorriti. After him are Don Carlos Buell, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Nathaniel Lyon, Charles J. Folger, George S. Boutwell, and Wade Hampton III. Among people deceased in 1878, José Amador de los Ríos ranks 69. Before him are William M. Tweed, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Manuel Pardo, Palladius, George Back, and William Cullen Bryant. After him are Francisco Linares Alcántara, George Henry Lewes, Bayard Taylor, Charles Magill Conrad, Benjamin Bonneville, and Gideon Welles.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Amador de los Ríos ranks 1,808 out of 3,355. Before him are Josep Bonaplata i Corriol (1795), Juan Carlos Navarro (1980), Francisco Gamborena (1901), José Juncosa (1922), Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja (1935), and Ismael Urzaiz (1971). After him are Jerónimo Saavedra (1936), Jorge Martínez (1962), Miquel-Lluís Muntané (1956), Rubén de la Red (1985), Miguel Pardeza (1965), and Santiago Urquiaga (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, José Amador de los Ríos ranks 205. Before him are Elvira Lindo (1962), Manuel Rivas (1957), Miguel Mihura (1905), José Hierro (1922), Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901), and Julia Navarro (1953). After him are Miquel-Lluís Muntané (1956), Lucía Etxebarría (1966), José Jiménez Lozano (1930), Albert Sánchez Piñol (1965), Arantxa Urretabizkaia (1947), and José Manuel Caballero (1926).

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