Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau

Libro del Consulad, 1791.

Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau (November 24, 1742 – Cadis, Andalusia, November 14, 1813), Spanish polygraph.

Life

He was born at Barcelona. He studied logic and Humanities at the Jesuit ran College of Bishops in 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. [1]

He was elected deputy for the Principality of Catalonia by the Cortes of Cadiz. There were a total of 51 deputies of Catalonia in the Constituent Assembly.

Capmany died at Barcelona on 14 November 1813. His monograph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.[1]

A portrait of Antonio de Campmany, by Modesto Texidor, can be found in the Consulate Room at the Llotja School in Barcelona.[2]

Family

He married Gertrudis Marqui in Seville in 1769.

Works

His principal works are:

Notes

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Capmany y Montpalau, Antonio de". Encyclopædia Britannica 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Sources


This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.


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