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DIEGO See also:CLEMENCEN (1765-1834)
, See also:Spanish See also:scholar and politician, was See also:born on the 27th of See also:September 1765, at See also:Murcia, and was educated there at the Colegio de See also:San Fulgencio
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Abandoning his intention of taking orders, he found employment at See also:Madrid in 1788 as See also:tutor to the sons of the countess-duchess de Benavente, and devoted himself to the study of See also:archaeology
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In 1807 he became editor of the Gaceta de Madrid, and in the following See also:year was condemned to See also:death by See also:Murat for See also:publishing a patriotic See also:article; he fled to See also:Cadiz, and under the See also:Junta Central held various posts from which he was dismissed by the reactionary See also:government of 1814
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During the liberal regime of 1820-1823 Clemencfn took See also:office as colonial See also:minister, was exiled till 1827, and in 1833 published the first See also:volume of his edition (1833-1839) .of See also:Don Quixote
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Its merits were recognized by his See also:appointment as royal librarian, but he did not See also:long enjoy his See also:triumph: he died on the 3oth of See also:July 1834
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His commentary on Don Quixote owes something to See also: |
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