Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo (10 August 1757–26 March 1837) was a Spanish priest, historian and writer. He was educated at the University of Valencia, and became a prominent historian of the Church. He was appointed court preacher at Madrid and confessor at the royal chapel. In 1823 he moved to Ireland, where ten years later he published Hibernia Phoenicea (English, "Phoenician Ireland"), an attempt to prove an ancient Phoenician colonization of the country. The work was translated into English in 1837 by Henry O'Brien.[1]
Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva | |
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| Born | Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo 10 August 1757 Játiva, Spain |
| Died | 26 March 1837 (aged 79) Dublin, Ireland |
| Seat X of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 13 December 1796 – 26 March 1837 | |
| Preceded by | Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva |
| Succeeded by | Jerónimo de la Escosura |
References
edit- ^ "Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva - letra X". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- Biography: or, Third division of "The English encyclopedia", Volume 6, Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1868.
- The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. IV. 1887.
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