Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva

Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo (10 August 1757–26 March 1837) was a Spanish priest, historian and writer. He was educated at the University of Valencia, and became a prominent historian of the Church. He was appointed court preacher at Madrid and confessor at the royal chapel. In 1823 he moved to Ireland, where ten years later he published Phoenician Ireland, an attempt to prove an ancient Phoenician colonization of the country. The work was translated into English in 1837 by Henry O'Brien.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Astengo.
The Most Excellent

Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva
Born
Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo

(1757-08-10)10 August 1757
Játiva, Spain
Died26 March 1837(1837-03-26) (aged 79)
Dublin, Ireland
Seat X of the Real Academia Española
In office
13 December 1796 – 26 March 1837
Preceded byDiego Antonio Rejón de Silva
Succeeded byJerónimo de la Escosura

References
  1. "Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva - letra X". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  • Biography: or, Third division of "The English encyclopedia", Volume 6, Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1868.
  • The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. IV. 1887.


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