Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (21 February 1870 in

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, Spain – 7 June 1970 in

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, Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian.

Biography

Martinez was born 21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of noted painter and amateur archaeologist, Manuel Gómez-Moreno González and Dolores Martínez Almirón. He authored many books, nearly 300, mostly focused on

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archeology and art history. During the first years of the twentieth century he wrote '' Catálogo Monumental y artístico de España'' (en: ''Monumental and Artistic Catalog of Spain''). He also developed an interest in linguistics and in his 70s was made a member of the

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, which regulates the Spanish language. Gómez-Moreno was named

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by the universities of

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and

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in 1941, Glasgow in 1951 and Granada in 1970. One of his students was Hispanic art historian, José María de Azcárate.

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