Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle
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Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle (Viveiro
, Galicia, Spain
, 15 September 1811 – Madrid
, Spain, 22 March 1863) was a Spanish politician
, journalist
and author
of the Romanticism
and the Rexurdimento
. As a politician, Díaz served as Minister of State in 1856, during the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain
, in a cabinet headed by Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan
(by then Count of Lucena).
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Viveiro
Viveiro is a town and municipality in the province of Lugo, in the northwestern Galician autonomous community of Spain. It borders on the Cantabric Sea, to the west of Xove and to the east of O Vicedo...
, Galicia, Spain
Spain
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, 15 September 1811 – 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...
, Spain, 22 March 1863) was a Spanish politician
Politician
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, journalist
Journalist
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and author
Author
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of the Romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
and the Rexurdimento
Rexurdimento
The Rexurdimento was a period in the History of Galicia during the 19th century. Its central feature was the revitalization of the Galician language as a vehicle of social and cultural expression after the so-called séculos escuros , in which the dominance of Castilian Spanish was nearly complete...
. As a politician, Díaz served as Minister of State in 1856, during the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain
Isabella II of Spain
Isabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
, in a cabinet headed by Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan
Don Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish general and statesman...
(by then Count of Lucena).
Works
- Poesías (1840)
- De Villahermosa a la China (1858)
- Galería de españoles célebres contemporáneos (1841-1864)
Sources
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