Juan de Iriarte

Juan de Iriarte y Cisneros (* December 15, 1702 in Puerto de La Orotava (now Puerto de la Cruz ); † August 23, 1771 in Madrid) was a Spanish linguist.

Training

Juan de Iriarte (now Puerto de la Cruz ) born on December 15, 1702 in Puerto de La Orotava. His father was Juan de Iriarte y Echevarría his mother Teresa de Cisneros y Escañuela. At age eleven, he was traveling with a friend of the family to Paris. There he was on the best schools of the time, and others taught at the Lycée Louis- le -Grand. One of his teachers was Porée Carlos, who was also a teacher of Voltaire. He received extensive training in all disciplines of classical philology beyond perfect knowledge of Latin, Greek and French languages. In order to improve his English, he spent some time in London.

Activity

In 1722 he returned to his home, back to Tenerife. In 1724 he went to Madrid where he was active in aristocratic families as a teacher. One of his students was the future Duke of Béjar and Alba. He also taught the Portuguese Infante Manuel when he was located at the court of Madrid. He gained wide recognition with the kings Philip V and his sons Ferdinand VI. and Charles III. During this time he worked on a number of literary magazines. He was regarded as an important literary critic. He translated various works of Voltaire and collected material for a history of the Canary Islands to write. His Latin Dictionary - Castilian and Castilian - Latin came from lack of time does not have the letter "A " also. The "Latin Grammar" in prose and verse preoccupy him for forty years. As the Queen's librarian from 1729 he put on catalogs, with work in the field of geography, chronology and mathematics. As a major Latinist and Hellenist he knew since 1742, the office of a translator at the Foreign Ministry. In 1743 he was appointed a member of the " Academia de la Lengua ". He was a founding member of the Real Academia Española. His high position and good financial position enabled him not only a good living, he was also capable of his three nephews, Bernardo, Domingo Tomás de Iriarte y Nieves and Ravelo should be given an excellent education.