Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez de Toledo and the second or maternal family name is Pellicer de Tovar.
Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo
Born
Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo y Pellicer de Tovar

(1662-03-15)15 March 1662
Seville, Spain
Died17 January 1714(1714-01-17) (aged 51)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • librarian
  • theologian
NationalitySpanish
Seat C of the Real Academia Española
In office
8 July 1713 – 17 January 1714
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byAlonso Rodríguez Castañón

Gabriel Patricio Álvarez de Toledo y Pellicer de Tovar (15 March 1662—17 January 1714) was a Spanish poet, historian and theologian. He was a humanist, interested in philosophy and philology. He knew classical, semitic and modern languages, among French, Italian and German. He was the senior librarian of king Felipe V of Spain, and a member of the Secretary of State. He belonged to the Order of Santiago and was one of the founders of the Royal Spanish Academy. There are two periods in his life, one profane and the other religious. His poetic works appeared after his death in Madrid in 1744.

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