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José Gil Fortoul

1861 - 1943

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José Gil Fortoul (25 November 1861, in Barquisimeto, Lara – 15 June 1943, in Caracas) was a Venezuelan writer, historian, and politician, who was briefly the acting president of Venezuela. As a political scientist and legal scholar, he is closely identified with the movement of Venezuelan positivism. He was an ally of the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, supporting his regime both politically and in his social and historical writing. In 1913 Fortoul was appointed provisional President of Venezuela, serving for less than a year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Gil Fortoul is the 5,605th most popular writer (up from 5,870th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Venezuela (up from 84th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Venezuelan Writer.

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Among writers, José Gil Fortoul ranks 5,605 out of 7,302. Before him are Gevorg Emin, John Norman, Patrick Chamoiseau, Karl Leberecht Immermann, William Martin Leake, and Pietro Citati. After him are Lőrinc Szabó, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mari Jungstedt, Keri Hulme, Ivan Dmitriev, and Jorge Icaza Coronel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, José Gil Fortoul ranks 142. Before him are Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, Andrei Ryabushkin, Federico De Roberto, Hans Goldschmidt, Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, and Arthur E. Kennelly. After him are Marcellin Boule, Reginald Wingate, Emiliano González Navero, Luigi Galleani, Louis Eugène Roy, and Walter Rauschenbusch. Among people deceased in 1943, José Gil Fortoul ranks 209. Before him are Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Hector Goetinck, Franz Cisar, Emil Kellenberger, Nils Dardel, and Rune Carlsson. After him are Elinor Glyn, Vladimirs Petrovs, Artur Knautz, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Marsden Hartley.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, José Gil Fortoul ranks 77 out of 183. Before him are Jacinto Convit (1913), Ignacio Andrade (1839), Rafael Cadenas (1930), Pastor Maldonado (1985), Miguel Otero Silva (1908), and Pedro Gual Escandón (1783). After him are Manuel Felipe de Tovar (1803), Diosdado Cabello (1963), Henrique Capriles (1972), Ignacio Velasco (1929), Garbiñe Muguruza (1993), and Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Venezuela

Among writers born in Venezuela, José Gil Fortoul ranks 7. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos (1884), Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906), Eugenio Montejo (1938), Rafael Cadenas (1930), and Miguel Otero Silva (1908). After him are Francisco Villarroel (1965), and Boris Izaguirre (1965).

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