Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau
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Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau (November 24, 1742 – Cadis, Andalusia, November 14, 1813), Spanish
polygraph, was born at Barcelona
.
Antonio took part in the 1762 Spanish campaign in Portugal. He retired from the army in 1770, and was subsequently elected secretary of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid
. His principal works are:
Capmany died at Barcelona on the 14th of November 1813. His monograph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.
A portrait of Antonio de Campmany, by Modesto Texidor, can be found in the Consulate Room at the Llotja School in Barcelona
.
Spain
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polygraph, was born at Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Antonio took part in the 1762 Spanish campaign in Portugal. He retired from the army in 1770, and was subsequently elected secretary of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. His principal works are:
- Memorias históricas sobre la marina, commercio, y artes de la antigua ciudad de Barcelona (4 vols 1779–1792)
- Teatro histórico-critico de la elocuencia Española (1786)
- Filosofía de la elocuencia (1776)
- Cuestiones críticas sobre varios puntos de historia económica, política, y militar (1807)
Capmany died at Barcelona on the 14th of November 1813. His monograph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.
A portrait of Antonio de Campmany, by Modesto Texidor, can be found in the Consulate Room at the Llotja School in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.