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Tomé Pires

1468 - 1540

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Tomé Pires (c. 1468 — c. 1524/1540) was a Portuguese apothecary, colonial administrator, and diplomat. In 1510 he was commissioned by the Portuguese court to serve as a "factor of drugs" in India, arriving at Cannanore in 1511. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomé Pires is the 2,107th most popular writer (up from 2,279th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 190th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Tomé Pires ranks 2,107 out of 7,302. Before him are Kâtip Çelebi, Alexis, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Edmond Hamilton, and Tin Ujević. After him are Jordan of Saxony, Kingsley Amis, Maximus the Greek, Dionysios Solomos, Guan Hanqing, and Benoît de Sainte-Maure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, Tomé Pires ranks 8. Before him are Charles I, Duke of Savoy, John, Elector of Saxony, Basil Fool for Christ, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ibn Kemal, and Juan de Zumárraga. After him are Juan del Encina, Johannes Werner, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Francesco Donato, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, and Frederick Jagiellon. Among people deceased in 1540, Tomé Pires ranks 15. Before him are Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Dawit II, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, and Duarte, Duke of Guimarães. After him are Barthel Beham, Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, Fernão de Loronha, and Francisco de Ulloa.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Tomé Pires ranks 188 out of 633. Before him are Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Paulo Futre (1966), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Paulo Sousa (1970), Joaquim de Almeida (1957), and Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491). After him are Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104), Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), Félix Mourinho (1938), Pedro Damiano (1480), and Constance of Portugal (1290).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Tomé Pires ranks 12. Before him are Luís Fróis (1532), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491). After him are António Vieira (1608), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), Alexandre Herculano (1810), and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919).

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