Gregorio Mayans

Gregorio Mayans y Siscar ( born May 9, 1699 Oliva, † December 21, 1781 in Valencia ) was a Spanish jurist, historian, philologist, linguist and Hispanist.

Mayans studied law in Valencia and Salamanca. From 1723, he taught law at Valencia, but was ousted from this position in 1730 and went as royal librarian to Madrid. From 1740 he lived as a scholar in Oliva and led a Europe-wide correspondence, which was published in 25 volumes. Mayans is one of the major heads of the Spanish Enlightenment.

Publications (selection)

  • Origen de la lengua española por varios autores Compuestos, 2 vols, Madrid 1737, 1873, 1981
  • La Vie de Michel de Cervantes Saavedra, Amsterdam 1740 (Spanish Original 1738)
  • Gramática de la lengua latina, Valencia 1771
  • Rhetorica, 2 vols, 1786 Valencia, Oviedo 1989
  • Epistolario, ed. by Antonio Mestre, 25 vols, 1972-2011 Valencia
  • Obras completas, ed. by Antonio Mestre, 5 vols, 1983-1986 Valencia 1 Historia
  • 2 Literatura
  • 3 Retórica
  • 4 Regalismo y jurisprudencia
  • 5 Ensayos y varia
Philology Hispanism Integrated Authority File Oliva (disambiguation)
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