- Juan de Iriarte
Juan de Iriarte (1701 in Puerto de la Orotava, now
Puerto de la Cruz ,Canary Islands - 1771 inMadrid ,Spain ) was a Spanish writer, French and English translator in the Royal Chancillery,hellenist andlatinist .Biography
He was educated in
Paris in 1713 with one of his students beingVoltaire . He moved toLondon and completed a formation for his native island. He later moved to Madrid where he was officially nominated atBiblioteca Real . Aged 28, he edited "Regia Matritensis Bibliotheca" in 1729, his first catalog published on the contents of the Biblioteca Real. The Bibliotecario Mayor of the institution,Juan de Ferras , managed to get him appointed as a private tutor of the families of theDuque de Béjar , theDuque de Alba and Royal PrinceManuel de Portugal .We can guess then that he was sent to be educated in France and later to England through the company of
Monsieur Hely , former Consul of France in the Canary Islands and the French and English contacts of the very influential Jesuits,Daubenton ,Pierre Robinet , and the Scottish Jesuit PriestWilliam Clarke , (deceased 1743), successive Confessors of KingFelipe V of Spain , as well as those ofMacanaz .He was the uncle of the poet and theatrical writer
Tomás de Iriarte y Nieves Ravelo, (Puerto de la Orotava, Tenerife, 18 de September 1750 - Madrid, 17 September 1791), Tomás father the Spanish DiplomatBernardo de Iriarte , (1735, Puerto de la Cruz, 1735 - Bordeaux, France, 1814), at one time Secretary of the Spanish Embassy in London, depicted byFrancisco de Goya , and Tomás uncle and brother of BernardoDomingo de Iriarte , (1739 - 1795), Spanish Embassador in Poland towards the end of his life.Father Jesuit
Daubenton , former Rector of Strassbourg College, former Confessor of King Louis XIV, as well as of his grandsonFelipe V of Spain from 1700 to 1705, and from 1715 to 1723, the King Confessor between 1705 and 1715Pierre Robinet and Scottish JesuitGuillermo Clarke ,William Clarke , Confessor between 1726 and 1743 whereby he died had many opportunities to "offer advice" on any delicate subjects related with the Spanish Crown.In particular, Scottish Jesuit Father Guillermo Clarke became the Confessor of King
Felipe V of Spain and his second wifeIsabel de Farnesio , after 1726, as a reputed confessor of Germanic and Austrian Ambassadors in Madrid.Juan de Iriarte wrote "Gramática latina" ("Latin Grammar"), he was created a convenient official nominator for the first Secretary of State. He also wrote in "Diario de los Literatos" (1737) and in 1741 was elected member of the
Real Academia Española of Languages,. he entered also at theAcademia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando .Iriarte also wrote "Sobre la imperfección de los diccionarios." and "Paleografía griega" ("Greek Paleography") as well as "Bibliotheca graeca" ("Greek Library") in which he described Greek manuscripts. His other works include "Tauromaquia matritensis, sive taurorum ludi", (on Spanish bull fighting), "Lista de los Principales Manuscritos de la Librería de los Marqueses de Villena" and "Sacada de la Hijuela Authentica de los bienes que quedaron por muerte del Marqués Don Andrés Pacheco, en 9 de Octubre de 1748. Por la tarde por mí mismo", it was conserved at the Biblioteca de la
Fundación Juan March .Works
*"Obras sueltas de don Juan de Iriarte", Madrid, 1774, dos vols.
*"Regia Matritensis Bibliotheca" (1729)
*"Sobre la imperfección de los diccionarios", discurso de ingreso en laReal Academia Española de la Lengua , 1747.
*"Colección de refranes castellanos traducidos en metros latinos", 1749.
*"Sobre los verbos reflexivos y recíprocos", 1756.
*"Advertencias sobre la sintaxis castellana", 1755.
*"Gramática latina", 1764.
*"Paleografía griega", 1760.
*"Bibliotheca graeca"
*"Tauromaquia matritensis, sive taurorum ludi, Lista de los Principales Manuscritos de la Librería de los Marqueses de Villena". 1725.
*""Lista de los Principales Manuscritos de la Librería de los Marqueses de Villena. Sacada de la Hijuela Authentica de los bienes que quedaron por muerte del Marqués Don Andrés Pacheco, en 9 de Octubre de 1748. Por la tarde por mí mismo".
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