Francisco Amorós y Ondeano, otherwise known as the ''Marquis of Sotelo'' (19 February 1770 – 1848), contributed to

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in France and to the resurgence of sport in the so-called

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in general. Ondeano was born in

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, the son of a

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of the Spanish army. At the age of nine he studied at a Saint-Isodore school within Madrid. At sixteen years of age he entered the military, in the capacity of an infantry-man in the army of Cordone. Ondeano took French nationality during 1816 and opened a gymnasium in Paris during 1817, and another in 1820, for the use of the military and also the general population. Amongst other works, he published texts entitled: *''New Complete Manual of Physical Education for Gymnastics and Morals''. *Civil (''or Civilian'') French Gymnasium (of which there was an edition in print during the year 1819)Gymnase civil français
impr. P. N. Rougeron, 1819, 19 pages, etrieved 2015-06-07(ed. translated partly using HarperCollins Publishers French Dictionary)

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History of gymnastics People associated with physical culture 1770 births 1848 deaths {{France-sport-bio-stub

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