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List Of Members Of The Real Academia Española
This article provides a list of all full members (''académicos de número''), past and present, of the Real Academia Española, the Spanish language regulator institution, as of July 1, 2006. Each member is elected for life by the rest of the academicians from among prestigious Spanish-language authors. Each academician has a seat assigned, labelled with a letter of the Spanish alphabet (distinguishing upper case and lower case). A seat * Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, marquis of Villena, fundador and first director of the Academy, 1713–1725. * Tomás Pascual de Azpeitia, 1726–1750. * José Abreu, marquis of la Regalía, 1750–1775. * Antonio Tavira y Almazán, 1775–1807. * Eugenio de la Peña, 1807–1813. * Eugenio de Tapia, 1814–1860. * Severo Catalina del Amo, 1860–1871. * Agustín Pascual, 1871–1884. * Luis Pidal y Mon, marquis of Pidal, 1884–1913. * Juan Menéndez Pidal, 1914–1915. * Mariano de Cavia, 1920. He did not hold office.. * Adolfo Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Academia Española
The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanophone nations through the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The RAE's emblem is a fiery crucible, and its motto is ("It purifies, it fixes, and it dignifies"). The RAE dedicates itself to language planning by applying linguistic prescription aimed at promoting linguistic unity within and between various territories, to ensure a common standard. The proposed language guidelines are shown in a number of works. History The Royal Spanish Academy was founded in 1713, modeled after the Accademia della Crusca (1582), of Italy, and the Académie Française (1635), of France, with the purpose "to fix the voices and vocabularies of the Spanish language with propriety, elegance, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinto De Mendoza
Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr ( Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has only a few equivalents in other languages such as the Polish "Jacek" and "Jacenty", the Italian "Giacinto" and the Hungarian "Jácint". References {{Reflist See also *Hyacinth * San Jacinto *Jacek Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened ... * Jack Spanish masculine given names Portuguese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo León Y Román
Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portuguese comedian *Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer * Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist *Ricardo Ávila, Panamanian footballer *Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner *Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician *Ricardo Busquets, Puerto Rican swimmer *Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete *Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Cortez, American actor * Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor *Ricardo (footballer, born 1980), full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Faty, Senegalese footballer *Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player *Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer *Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player * Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician *Ricardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Saavedra
Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas (27 February 1829 in Tarragona – 12 March 1912 in Madrid), Spanish engineer, architect, archaeologist and Arabist, member of the Real Academia de la Historia, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Real Academia Española and cofounder-president of the Real Sociedad Geográfica. Biography In 1857 Eduardo Saavedra designed the Chipiona Lighthouse, the highest lighthouse in Spain. In 1860 he discovered Numantia ruins in the province of Soria and was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the archaeological excavations. While working on the project of roads between Soria and the Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma he discovered the Roman road between Uxama Argaela and Augustóbriga. Archeological Studies *"Descripción de la vía romana entre Uxama y Augustóbriga", en Memorias de la Real Academia de la Historia, vol. 9, 1879 Arabic Studies * ''La Geografía de España de El Idrisí'', Madrid, 1881. * ''Intereses de España en Marruecos'', Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Bretón De Los Herreros
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (19 December 17968 November 1873) was a Spanish dramatist. Biography He was born in Quel ( Logrono), and was educated at Madrid. Enlisting on 24 May 1812, he served against the French in Valencia and Catalonia, and retired with the rank of corporal on 8 March 1822. He lost his left eye in a duel he held in 1818 in Jerez de la Frontera. He obtained a minor post in the civil service under the liberal government, and on his discharge determined to earn his living by writing for the stage. This cites: * Marqués de Molíns, ''Bretón de los Herreros, recuerdos de su vida y de sus obras'' (Madrid, 1883) * ''Obras de Bretón de Herreros'' (5 vols., Madrid, 1883) * E. Piñeyro, ''El Romanticismo en España'' (Paris, 1904) His first piece, ''Á la vejez viruelas'', was produced on 4 October 1824, and proved the writer to be the legitimate successor of the younger Moratín. His industry was astonishing: between October 1824 and November 1828, he composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio De Guzmán
Eugenio is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name deriving from the Greek ' Eugene'. The name is Eugénio in Portuguese and Eugênio in Brazilian Portuguese. The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar derivative names such as Gino come from Eugenio, or Eugene. Similar names include Eugenios, Efigenio, Eugine and Eugenius. People Aristocracy * Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe, Prince of Savoy-Genoa * Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux, Italian nobleman * Eugenio Consolini, Italian aristocrat * Eugenio da Palermo, admiral of the Kingdom of Sicily * Eugenio Daza, Filipino ''principale'', educator and military leader * Eugenio Lascorz, pretender to a royal house of Byzantium Business * Eugenios Eugenidis, Greek shipping magnate, benefactor and philanthropist * Eugenio Garza Lagüera, Mexican businessman and philanthropist * Eugenio Garza Sada, Mexican businessman and philanthropist * Eugenio Lopez III, current Chairman and Chief Execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Bucareli
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
