Javier de Burgos

Francisco Javier de Burgos ( born October 22, 1778 in Motril, † January 22, 1848 in Madrid) was a Spanish civil servant, politician and writer.

Life

Under the reign of Joseph Bonaparte, he was sub-prefect of Almeria, after the fall of the French occupation, he fled to France, where he published Lucretius, Virgil and Horace translated ( 1820-24, 4 vols ) and earlier Spanish works.

Returned to Spain in 1817, he edited the magazine since 1819, " Miscelanea de comercio, artes y literatura ," he added in 1820 a political part, and later the " Imparcial ". In 1827 he was artistic director at the customs rate, then Oberfinanzrat and member of the Academy of Sciences. His comedy " Las tres iguales " rejuvenated the classic Spanish comedy, as are the pieces: "El baile de Máscara " and " El optimista y el pesimista ".

On October 21, 1833 he was appointed by the Queen of Spain Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies to the Minister of the Interior, he was also Minister of Finance below. On April 17, 1836, he resigned from his position because he accused of being reactionary and Afrancesado, found itself confronted with violent political attacks. After charges of embezzlement by Miguel Ricardo de Álava in a Spanish sovereign debt affair ( " Guebhardsche bond thing " ), he was excluded from any political activity. While the mandated Commission of Inquiry on January 2, 1837 acquitted him, but returned de Burgos in 1839 returned to Spain, where he has since lived retired in Granada.

He died neunundsechzigjährig in 1848 in Madrid. Begun by him six -volume " History of the government of Isabella II " has been finished by his son Augusto de Burgos.

List of Works

• Biografía universal ( 3 parts, 1823)
• Los tres iguales (1827 )
• El baile de máscaras (1832 )
• Oda a la razón
• El porvenir
• La primavera
• Historia del Reinado de Isabel II ( 6 volumes, 1850-51 )