Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio

Spanish archaeologist (1911–2012)

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[edit]

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 Pío Zabala [es].[5] He participated in the so-called Crucero universitario por el Mediterráneo [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 Instituto Isabel la Católica [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[edit]

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* Hijo Adoptivo ('adoptive son') of Talavera de la Reina[1]
* Numerary member of the Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio (joined in 1957)[8]
* Numerary member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo [es][7]
* Numerary member of the Instituto de Estudios Madrileños [es][7]
* Commander with Plaque of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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. ^ a b Palencia Flores 1964, p. 71.
5. ^ Peiró Martín 2008, p. 201.
6. ^ López-Ríos & González Cárceles 2008, pp. 26–27.
7. ^ a b c d Sánchez de la Calle 2008, p. 780.
8. ^ 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. ^ 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.

Bibliography

* Palencia Flores, Clemente (1964). "El académico don Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio" (PDF). Toletum (3). ISSN 0210-6310.
* López-Ríos, Santiago; González Cárceles, Juan Antonio (2008). "Agustín Aguirre López y Manuel García Morente: La arquitectura de un ideal universitario". La Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Madrid en la Segunda República arquitectura y Universidad durante los años 30 (PDF). ISBN 978-84-96411-60-9.
* Martínez Alfaro, Encarnación (2016). "Memoria del Instituto Isabel la Católica". Tarbiya, Revista de Investigación e Innovación Educativa. Madrid: UAM Ediciones (44). ISSN 1132-6239.
* Peiró Martín, Ignacio (2008). La guerra de la independencia y sus conmemoraciones (1908, 1958 y 2008). Un estudio sobre las políticas del pasado (PDF). Zaragoza: Institución "Fernando el Católico". ISBN 978-84-7820-973-6.
* Sánchez de la Calle, José Antonio (2008). "Historia de la Educación en Plasencia desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX a mediados del XX. El instituto "Gabriel y Galán» en el setenta y cinco aniversario de su fundación (1933-2008)" (PDF): 761–797. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)

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