Juan Menéndez Pidal

Juan Menéndez Pidal (1858, in Madrid 1915) was a Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet, brother of Luis and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. He was long a director of the Archivo Histórico Nacional at Madrid, and a director of the Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas, y Museos.

Juan Menéndez Pidal
BornJuan Menéndez Pidal
(1858-05-31)31 May 1858
Madrid, Spain
Died28 December 1915(1915-12-28) (aged 57)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Seat A of the Real Academia Española
In office
24 January 1915  28 December 1915
Preceded byLuis Pidal y Mon
Succeeded byMariano de Cavia[lower-alpha 1]

Born in Madrid, he studied law until he obtained his title, and then devoted himself to journalism. His Dios y César, an ecclesiastical and legal study of the relation of church and state, attracted much attention. In 1914 he was elected a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of the Language.

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Notes

  1. de Cavia was elected for the position in 1916 but never took the seat

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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