José María Jimeno Jurío (13 May 1927 – 3 October 2002), was a

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, and

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Biography

He was born in Artajona and there attended a primary school led by the until he was twelve. Then he moved for a while to Lluch on Mallorca where he continued his education in an other school of the missionaries. After he returned to his hometown, he studied to become a teacher obtaining his diploma in 1946. Following he was a teacher for

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. Between 1949 and 1950 he had to serve the military. Later he entered the Seminary of Pamplona, becoming a priest. In 1970 he left priesthood. He was vice president of the Society for Basque Studies for several years. He carried out several research projects for the magazine '' Punto y Hora de Euskal Herria ''. He wrote a series of books on the history of Navarre, customs, languages, traditions and studies

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, especially related to Basque-rooted toponymy in Navarra. He was appointed honorary academic of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language

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in 1991.

Personal life

He was married to Elena Aranguren and was the father of a son.

Awards

* 1997

Sabino Arana Sabino Policarpo Arana Goiri (in Spanish), Sabin Polikarpo Arana Goiri (in Basque), or Arana ta Goiri'taŕ Sabin (self-styled) (26 January 1865 – 25 November 1903), was a Basque writer and the founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) ...

Foundation award * 1998 Manuel Lekuona Award * 2015 Navarra Gold Medal (posthumously)

Works

* ''Documentos Medievales artajoneses'', Pamplona, 1968. * ''¿Dónde fue la batalla «de Roncesvalles»?'', 1974. En esta obra, sostiene que la batalla tuvo lugar en la fosa meridional de Valcarlos, en vez del lugar donde modernamente se sostenía, el camino alto entre

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y San Juan de Pie de Puerto. * ''Olite monumental'', 1974. * ''Historia de Pamplona'', 1974-1975 . * ''Historia de Navarra. Desde los orígenes hasta nuestros días'', 1980. * ''Amayur, símbolo de Navarra'', 1982.
''Toponimia de la cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Cizur''
1986. * ''Toponimia de la cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Galar'', 1987.
''Toponimia de la cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Olza''
1989. * ''Toponimia de la cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Iza'', 1990. * ''Estudio toponímico de Burlada'', 1991. * ''Toponimia de la cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Ansoáin'', 1992. * ''Historia de Pamplona y sus lenguas'', 1995 . * ''Navarra. Historia del euskera'', 1997. * ''Estella y sus calles'', 1997. * ''Al airico de la tierra: tipos de la tierra'', 1997. * ''Archivo General de Navarra (1194-1234)'', 1998. * ''Eunate: hito jacobeo singular'', 1999. * ''Artajona: toponimia vasca – Artaxoa: euskal toponimia'', 1999. * ''Navarra, Guipúzcoa y el euskera siglo XVIII'', 1999. * ''Puente la Reina, confluencia de rutas jacobeas'', 2000.

References

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