biography
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Machado y Núñez, Antonio
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pronunciation:
[machahthoh ee
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| male
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| lived:
| (1812–96)
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| biography:
| Archaeologist, born in Cádiz, SW Spain. The son of a wealthy Cádiz merchant, his political activity and intellectual influence in Spain towards the end of the 19th-c were considerable. He began his studies at the prestigious Colegio de Cirugía de Cádiz and then travelled to Guatemala for a brief family visit. His exotic surroundings there immediately provoked an interest in natural sciences. Also interested in medicine and anthropology, he sought to improve his knowledge and later toured Belgium, Germany, and France. At the Sorbonne he completed his studies in medicine, botany, and natural history under the direction of eminent scientists such as Presvost, Dumas, and Bequerel. In 1845 he married Cipriana Alvarez Durán who gave birth to their only son, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, the following year. In 1848 he was admitted to the Academia de Buenas Letras de Sevilla. He played an active role during the 1868 Revolution, serving on the Committee for Sevilla. In 1870 he was civil governor of the province, and helped control the spread of yellow fever. On the restoration of the monarchy he abandoned public office to devote himself to university affairs. Most of his writings appeared in the Revista Mensual de Filosofía, Literatura y Ciencias de Sevilla which he co-founded and co-directed with his friend Federico de Castro. In 1877 the Revista Mensual was succeeded by La Enciclopedia to which he contributed a series entitled Breve Reseña de los territorios cuaternarios y terciarios de la provincia de Sevilla. Later he collaborated in the constitution of the Sociedad El Folk-Lore Andaluz and, for its journal, contributed a series of articles, El Folk-Lore del perro. |
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