José de Vargas Ponce
José de Vargas Ponce (Cádiz, 10 June 1760 – 6 February 1821) was a Spanish erudite, satirical poet and writer. He was elected to seat K of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat in March 1814.
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- Name
- José de Vargas
- Birth Name
- José de Vargas Ponce
- Born
- 10 June 1760
- Birthplace
- Cádiz, Spain
- Died
- 6 February 1821
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · poet · politician
- Languages
- Spanish
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José de Vargas Ponce (Cádiz, 10 June 1760 – 6 February 1821) was a Spanish erudite, satirical poet and writer. He was elected to seat K of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat in March 1814.
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• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Name — José de Vargas • Birth Name — José de Vargas Ponce • Born — 10 June 1760 • Birthplace — Cádiz, Spain • Died — 6 February 1821 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain
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• Praise of Alfonso the Wise, 1782. • Descriptions of the Islands and Balearic Pithiusas, 1787. • Relation of the last voyage to the Strait of Magellan, 1788 (and Appendix to the Relation, 1793). • Declamation on abuses introduced into the Castilian, presented and awarded at the Spanish Academy, 1791. • Proclamation of a bachelor, 1827, burlesque poem in octaves. • Dissertation on bullfighting, written in 1807 and published in London, by the Royal Academy of History in 1961. • Description of Cartagena, Murcia, 1978 • Lucio Marineo Siculus Life • Abdalaziz and Egilona, neoclassical tragedy.
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1760
José de Vargas Ponce was born on 1 January 1760.
1821
José de Vargas Ponce died on 6 February 1821.
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José de Vargas Ponce was born at Cádiz.
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José de Vargas Ponce died at Madrid.
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Recorded positions include Member of the Congress of Deputies, Member of the Cortes of Cádiz and Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He belonged to Royal Spanish Academy. He worked at Madrid. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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