Antonio Gil y Zárate

The Most Excellent
Antonio Gil
Born
Antonio Gil y Zárate

(1793-01-14)14 January 1793
El Escorial, Spain
Died27 January 1861(1861-01-27) (aged 68)
Madrid, Spain
Seat P of the Real Academia Española
In office
1841 – 27 January 1861
Preceded byAgustín José Mestre
Succeeded byAntonio García Gutiérrez

Antonio Gil y Zárate (1 December 1793–27 January 1861) was a Spanish dramatist and pedagogue whose work is associated with Romanticism. He is known for his tragedy, Guzmán el Bueno. Drama en Cuatro Actos, set in the Middle Ages and exploring the life of a legendary hero of Spain.

He was an academician of both the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Real Academia Española.

The mineral Zaratite was named after him.

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