About Juan Menéndez Pidal
Lived 1868 – 1915 (aged 47). Juan Menéndez Pidal was a Spanish historian, poet, jurist, archivist, lawyer and politician.
Juan Menéndez Pidal (1858, in Madrid – 1915) was a Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet, brother of Luis and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. He was long a director of the Archivo Histórico Nacional at Madrid, and a director of the Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas, y Museos.
Born in Madrid, he studied law until he obtained his title, and then devoted himself to journalism. His Dios y César, an ecclesiastical and legal study of the relation of church and state, attracted much attention. In 1914 he was elected a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of the Language.
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Who was Juan Menéndez Pidal?
Spanish poet and historian (1861–1915)
When was Juan Menéndez Pidal born?
Juan Menéndez Pidal was born on 31 May 1868 in Madrid.
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Juan Menéndez Pidal died on 28 December 1915 in Madrid.
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Juan Menéndez Pidal was a historian, poet, jurist, archivist, lawyer and politician.
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Juan Menéndez Pidal was Spanish.
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