Antonio Ros de Olano
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Antonio Ros de Olano | |
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| Born | 9 November 1808 Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela |
| Died | 24 July 1886 Madrid, Spain |
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Antonio José Teodoro Ros de Olano y Perpiñá (9 November 1808 – 24 July 1886)[1] was a Spanish writer, politician and military officer who served in the First Carlist War and the Spanish–Moroccan War.
Biography
[edit]Born in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela, he moved to Mainland Spain at age five.[1] He briefly served as Minister of Commerce, Instruction and Public Works in 1847.[2]
Following his participation in the battle of Guad-el-Jelú ("Sweet River"), decisive for the outcome of the War in Morocco, he was endowed the nobiliary titles of Marquis of Guad-el-Jelú, Count of La Almina, and Viscount of Ros.[3]
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^ a b Hernández Prieto 1992, pp. 215–216.
- ^ "2º.- Reinado de Isabel II (29.09.1833/30.09.1868)". Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
- ^ Alonso de Vega 2015, pp. 206–207.
- Bibliography
- Alonso de Vega, J.Mª. (2015). "Antonio Ros de Olano, Director General de Infantería, Artillería y Sanidad Militar" (PDF). Sanidad Militar. 71 (3): 205–209. doi:10.4321/S1887-85712015000300010. ISSN 1887-8571.
- Hernández Prieto, Mª Isabel (1992). "Antonio Ros de Olano en La América (1857-1886)". Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información. 15. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 215–216.
- Further reading
- Ricardo Navas Ruiz, El Romanticismo español. Madrid: Cátedra, 1982 (3.ª ed.).
- Azorín, Antonio Ros. ABC, 18-Ene-1947 (en Varios hombres y alguna mujer. Barcelona, 1962).
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- 1808 births
- 1886 deaths
- Military personnel of the First Carlist War
- Spanish generals
- Venezuelan male writers
- 19th-century Spanish writers
- Government ministers of Spain
- Venezuelan emigrants to Spain
- Writers from Caracas
- 19th-century Spanish male writers
- Spanish military personnel of the Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
- Spanish writers