José Gómez de Arteche

José Gómez de Arteche
Born13 March 1821
Carabanchel de Arriba (Madrid), Spain
DiedJanuary 26, 1906(1906-01-26) (aged 84–85)
Madrid

José Gómez de Arteche y Moro de Elexabeitia (13 March 1821 – 26 January 1906) was a Spanish military officer, historian and senator, best known for his 14-volume Guerra de la Independencia. Historia Militar de España de 1808 a 1814, the first volume of which was published in 1868. Gómez de Arteche was elected a member of Spain's Royal Academy of History in 1871.

In the preface to Volume II (1903) of his A History of the Peninsular War, Charles Oman acknowledges Arteche's personal contribution to Oman's work.

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