Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez-Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
The Most Excellent
Manuel Gómez-Moreno
(c.1915)
Born
Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez

(1870-02-21)21 February 1870
Granada, Spain
Died7 June 1970(1970-06-07) (aged 100)
Madrid, Spain
Seat T of the Real Academia Española
In office
28 June 1942 – 7 June 1970
Preceded byIsidro Gomá y Tomás[a]
Succeeded byCarlos Clavería Lizana [es]

Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain – 7 June 1970 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian.[1]

Biography

Martinez was born 21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of noted painter and amateur archaeologist, Manuel Gómez-Moreno González and Dolores Martínez Almirón.[2]

He authored many books, nearly 300, mostly focused on Hispanic archeology and art history.[1] During the first years of the twentieth century he wrote Catálogo Monumental y artístico de España (en: Monumental and Artistic Catalog of Spain).[2][3] He also developed an interest in linguistics and in his 70s was made a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, which regulates the Spanish language.

Gómez-Moreno was named Doctor honoris causa by the universities of Montevideo and Oxford in 1941, Glasgow in 1951 and Granada in 1970. One of his students was Hispanic art historian, José María de Azcárate.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Gomá was elected for the position in 1940 but never took the seat

References

  1. ^ a b "Manuel Gómez-Moreno". Fundación Rodríguez - Acosta (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez". Royal Academy of History (RAH). 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Ávila". Catálogo Monumental de España. Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás (CSIC). Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural de España. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Azcárate Ristori, José María (1919-2001)". PARES (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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