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4 unusual facts about Pascual de Gayangos y Arce


Pascual de Gayangos y Arce

His latter years were spent in cataloguing the Spanish manuscripts in the British Museum; he had previously continued Bergenroth's catalogue of the manuscripts relating to the negotiations between England and Spain in the Simancas archives.

Born in Seville, he was the son of Brigadier José de Gayangos, intendente of Zacatecas, in New Spain.

Pascual de Gayangos y Arce (June 21, 1809 – October 4, 1897) was a Spanish scholar and orientalist.

After completing his primary education in Madrid, at the age of thirteen he was sent to school at Pont-le-Voy near Blois.



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