Carmen Iglesias
Carmen Iglesias Countess of Gisbert | |
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| Born | María del Carmen Iglesias Cano 16 March 1942 |
María del Carmen Iglesias Cano is a Spanish historian. She holds the non-hereditary title Countess of Gisbert, which was bestowed on her by King Juan Carlos.[1]
As Director of the Real Academia de la Historia, she has been responsible for the launch of the electronic version of Spain´s dictionary of national biography, the Diccionario biográfico español.[2]
Education[edit]
Iglesias studied at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Career[edit]
Iglesias is a specialist in eighteenth-century history, and her publications include work on the French philosopher Montesquieu.
In 1991 she became a member of the Real Academia de la Historia, where she has been the Director since 2014.[3] She is also a member of the academy which regulates the Spanish language, the Real Academia Española.
Bibliography[edit]
El pensamiento de Montesquieu: política y ciencia natural. 1984, republished 2005. (link to lecture on Montesquieu)
References[edit]
- ^ In a decree dated May 2014 the King stated:
«La brillante e intensa labor académica y docente de doña María del Carmen Iglesias Cano, al servicio de España y de la Corona, merece ser reconocida de manera especial, por lo que, queriendo demostrarle mi Real aprecio,
Vengo en otorgarle, con carácter vitalicio, el título de Condesa de Gisbert
Juan Carlos R.»— Real Decreto 354/2014, de 13 de mayo. Publicado en el «BOE» núm. 117, de 14 de mayo de 2014, páginas 37786. - ^ "La historia se conecta a la era tecnológica con el Diccionario Biográfico Electrónico". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2018.
- ^ "Carmen Iglesias se convierte en la primera mujer directora de la Real Academia de la Historia". 20minutos (in Spanish). 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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