José Antonio Conde
José Antonio Conde | |
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| Born | José Antonio Conde y García 28 October 1766 La Peraleja (Cuenca), Spain |
| Died | 12 June 1820 (aged 53) Madrid, Spain |
| Seat G of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 16 March 1802 – 8 November 1814 | |
| Preceded by | Tomás Antonio Sánchez |
| Succeeded by | Juan Pérez Villamil |
| Seat N of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 30 September 1818 – 12 June 1820 | |
| Preceded by | Pío Ignacio Lamo |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Cabrera y Rubio |
José Antonio Conde y García (28 October 1766–12 June 1820) was a Spanish Orientalist and historian of Al-Andalus period. His Anacreon (1791) obtained him a post in the royal library in 1795. He also published several paraphrases of Greek classics. These were followed in 1799 by an edition of the Arabic text of Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Spain, with notes and a translation. As an afrancesado, he fled Spain in 1813, but returned a year later and was eventually reinstated to his honors. His magnum opus, the three-volume Historia de la Dominación de los Árabes en España, was published after his death.