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Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez

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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
SeatTof theReal 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 inGranada,Spain – 7 June 1970 inMadrid,Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian.[1]

Biography[edit]

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

He authored many books, nearly 300, mostly focused onHispanicarcheology and art history.[1]During the first years of the twentieth century he wroteCatálogo Monumental y artístico de España(en:Monumental and Artistic Catalog of Spain).[2][3]

Gómez-Moreno was namedDoctor honoris causaby the universities ofMontevideoandOxfordin 1941, Glasgow in 1951 and Granada in 1970. One of his students was Hispanic art historian,José María de Azcárate.[4]

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Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Manuel Gómez-Moreno".Fundación Rodríguez - Acosta(in Spanish).Retrieved26 November2018.
  2. ^ab"Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez".Royal Academy of History (RAH).2016. Archived fromthe originalon 14 March 2018.Retrieved26 November2018.
  3. ^"Ávila".Catálogo Monumental de España. Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás (CSIC). Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural de España.Retrieved26 November2018.
  4. ^"Azcárate Ristori, José María (1919-2001)".PARES(in European Spanish).Retrieved26 November2018.

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