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Luís Fróis

1532 - 1597

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Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century. As a Jesuit, he preached in Japan during the Sengoku period, meeting with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is famous for writing The First European Description of Japan and History of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luís Fróis is the 1,479th most popular writer (up from 2,130th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 182nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Luís Fróis ranks 1,479 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Rée, Marie de Gournay, Léon Werth, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Claudio Magris, and Cratinus. After him are Joseph Bédier, Anna de Noailles, James Tiptree Jr., Henrik Wergeland, Joseph Addison, and Alistair MacLean.

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Among people born in 1532, Luís Fróis ranks 7. Before him are John Hawkins, Tulsidas, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Yermak Timofeyevich, Maerten de Vos, and Francis Walsingham. After him are Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Menocchio, and Étienne Jodelle. Among people deceased in 1597, Luís Fróis ranks 14. Before him are Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Gunilla Bielke. After him are Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Won Gyun, Prospero Fontana, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Lucas van Valckenborch, and Fernando de Herrera.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís Fróis ranks 132 out of 633. Before him are Eleanor of Viseu (1458), Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), António Ramalho Eanes (1935), Américo Tomás (1894), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), and Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538). After him are Artur Jorge (1946), Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040), Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), and Joseph Nasi (1524).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Luís Fróis ranks 6. Before him are José Saramago (1922), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), Denis of Portugal (1261), and Judah Leon Abravanel (1460). After him are José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Almeida Garrett (1799), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and Tomé Pires (1468).

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