Juan Menéndez Pidal
Spanish historian and poet (1858-1915) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juan Menéndez Pidal (1858, in Madrid – 1915) was a Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet, brother of Luis and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. He was long a director of the Archivo Histórico Nacional at Madrid, and a director of the Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas, y Museos.
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Pidal.
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Born | Juan Menéndez Pidal (1858-05-31)31 May 1858 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 28 December 1915(1915-12-28) (aged 57) Madrid, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Seat A of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 24 January 1915 – 28 December 1915 | |
Preceded by | Luis Pidal y Mon [es] |
Succeeded by | Mariano de Cavia [es][lower-alpha 1] |
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Born in Madrid, he studied law until he obtained his title, and then devoted himself to journalism. His Dios y César, an ecclesiastical and legal study of the relation of church and state, attracted much attention. In 1914 he was elected a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of the Language.