Horacio Álvarez Mesa

Horacio Álvarez Mesa (November 30 1881 - July 1936) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and journalist.

He was born in Avilés om the 30 November 1881, the son of Florentino Álvarez Mesa and Carmen Menendez-Valdes Muñiz. Between 1900 - 1901 he studied and Philosophy and Letters in the Central University of Madrid, He then studied law and qualified in 1904. He then practised as a lawyer, journalist and Asturian liberal politician. He was municipal secretary of Avilés from 1 May of 1908 to the 14 July of the same year. [Roman Antonio Álvarez [http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/gijon/20080106/aviles/aviles-1908-aparicion-cambio-20080106.html www.elcomerciodigital.com] ]

He was President of the arts school "“Sociedad fundadora y protectora de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Aviles”" from 1911 to 1914. [ [http://www.artesyoficios.org/joseluis/artesyoficios/historia.htm Historia de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Avilés] ]

In 1917 he became one of the voluntary contributors of the newspaper "El Progreso de Asturias" (The Progress of Asturias) founded on January 6 of the same year by the linguist and journalist Julian G. Orbón. [José Luis Campaò Fernandez [http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/gijon/20080512/aviles/avilesinos-marcos-torniello-20080512.html Más avilesinos en pro de Marcos del Torniello] ] They later collaborated with the newspaper "El Adenlatado" founded in 1932.

He was assassinated at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936.

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*Juan Carlos de la Madrid [http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/aviles/20080116/aviles/sorprende-sana-antiguos-diarios-20080116.html www.elcomerciodigital.com]
* [http://www.lliteratu.com/comun.php?seccion=autores_desarrollo&id_aut=1347 Autores asturianos - Álvarez Mesa, Horacio]