Agustín González de Amezúa y Mayo

Agustín González de Amezúa y Mayo (30 August 1881 – 10 June 1956) was a Spanish academic, member of Real Academia Española, Real Academia de la Historia and Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación. He is best known as historian of literature who specialized in Siglo de Oro, especially in works of Cervantes and Lope de Vega. He held various important scientific posts during early Francoism, especially in Consejo Superior de Investigaciónes Científicas. Politically he supported the Traditionalist cause, first as an Integrist and then as a Carlist militant; in the early 1940s he was in national executive of Comunión Tradicionalista. In the mid-1920s he was member of the Madrid ayuntamiento.

Agustín González de Amezúa
Born
Agustín González de Amezúa y Mayo

(1881-08-30)30 August 1881
Madrid, Spain
Died10 June 1956(1956-06-10) (aged 74)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupationentrepreneur
Known foracademic
Political partyIntegrism, Carlism
Seat Z of the Real Academia Española
In office
24 February 1929  10 June 1956
Preceded byJosé Rodríguez Carracido
Succeeded byAgustín de Foxá
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