Juan Muñoz y Peralta

Juan Muñoz y Peralta (1695–1746) was a Spanish physician from Seville who in 1693 founded the Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla (The Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Seville)[1][2] and attended King Philip V.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.

In 1724, he and Diego Mateo Zapata were both denounced to the Spanish Inquisition as judaisers.[3]

References
  1. HistoriaReal Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla, 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. Note: De la 'Veneranda Tertulia' a la Academia de Medicina de Sevilla gives the date of founding as 1697. Archived here.
  3. Pérez, Joseph. (2006) The Spanish Inquisition: A history. Translated by Janet Lloyd. London: Profile Books, p. 40. ISBN 1861976224


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