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Guillen de Castro y Bellvis
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Luis de Gongora y Argote
Luis de Góngora y Argote The Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627) caused a furor with his use of complex metaphor, Latinized vocabulary, unconventional syntax, and metaphysical subtleties. His baroque style became known as Gongorism. Born in Cordova on July 11, 1561,... Read more |
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Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja The Spanish general Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja (1870-1930) ruled Spain as a dictator from 1923 to 1930. Miguel Primo de Rivera was born in Cadiz on Jan. 8, 1870, of a middle-class family that later became landowners in the Andalusian town of Jerez. He... Read more |
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Pedrarias
Pedrarias The Spanish conqueror Pedrarias (ca. 1440-1531), or Pedro Arias de Avila in full, has a reputation as a bloodthirsty tyrant. His positive achievements, however, included the founding of Panama City and Nicaragua. Pedrarias was born in Segovia and in early life won distinction as a... Read more |
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Pedro de Ona
Pedro de Oña , 1570?-1643, Chilean poet. Having been born in Latin America, he is considered Chile's first national poet. His poetry is both epic and religious. Inspired by La aravcana, by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga , he wrote the epic Arauco domado (1596; tr. Arauco... Read more |
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Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790-1869) was one of the first French romantic poets. A diplomat as well, he led the provisional government of the Second Republic in 1848. Alphonse de Lamartine was born on Oct. 21, 1790, in Mâcon. His family was of... Read more |
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Theodore Low De Vinne
Theodore Low De Vinne , 1828-1914, American printer, b. Stamford, Conn. He learned his trade in the office of the Newburgh (N.Y.) Gazette and in 1848 entered the shop of Francis Hart in New York City. In 1858 he was made a junior partner, and after Hart's death in 1877 De Vinne became owner of the... Read more |
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Carlos De Siguenza Y GOngora
SIGüENZA Y GÓNGORA, CARLOS DE(b. Mexico City, 20 August 1645; d . Mexico City, 22 August 1700)mathematics, astronomy, natural history.Sigüenza’s father was tutor to Prince Baltazar before going to New Spain. After receiving his first education at home, Sigüenza entered the Jesuit Colegio de... Read more |
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Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga The Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat Alonso de Ercilla y Z Read more |
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