Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio

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Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio (30 May 1911 – 23 July 2012) was a Spanish historian. He served as official cronista of the Province of Toledo.[1]

Biography[]

Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio was born in Belvís de la Jara, province of Toledo, on 30 May 1911.[2][3] In 1927, he finished his secondary studies of Enseñanza Libre at the Instituto San Isidro in Madrid.[4] He studied both Law and Philosophy and Letters at the Central University, earning a PhD in the latter specialty in 1933,[4] by reading a dissertation titled La convocatoria de Cortes Constituyentes en 1810. Aportaciones documentales inéditas acerca del estado de la opinión española en punto a la reforma constitucional, directed by  [es].[5] He participated in the so-called  [es].[6]

Before the Civil War, he worked as teacher in Plasencia (serving as director of the Instituto Placentino Elemental de Segunda Enseñanza "Gabriel y Galán").[7] He later worked as secondary teacher at the Instituto "Saavedra Fajardo" in Murcia in the 1940s, and was soon being appointed as lecturer at the University of Murcia.[8] He returned to Toledo in the 1960s.[9] He also worked in Madrid,[10][1] where he was appointed as director of the  [es] in the 1976/1977 academic year.[11]

He died, age 101, on 23 July 2012,[12] in Madrid.[1]

He authored more than 50 monographies, including Mi posguerra, Memorias de un miliciano de la cultura en Aranjuez and La Sagra toledana.[12] He also devoted many works to his native comarca of La Jara.[1]

Recognitions[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Muere a los 101 años el historiador Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio". La Razón. 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Fallece a los 101 años el académico toledano Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio". La Vanguardia. 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Ha muerto Don Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio". DCLM. 24 July 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Palencia Flores 1964, p. 71.
  5. ^ Peiró Martín 2008, p. 201.
  6. ^ López-Ríos & González Cárceles 2008, pp. 26–27.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sánchez de la Calle 2008, p. 780.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Palencia Flores 1964, p. 72.
  9. ^ Palencia Flores 1964, p. 73.
  10. ^ "Muere a los 101 años el historiador Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio". ABC. 24 July 2012.
  11. ^ Martínez Alfaro 2016, p. 120.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fallece Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio, con 101 años, y Talavera está de luto (audio de Lago)". En Castilla-La Mancha. 24 July 2012.
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