PASCUAL DE GAYANGOS Y ARCE (18og–1897)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and Orientalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1809 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen he was sent to be educated at See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont-le-Voy near See also:

• BLOIS

Blois, and in 1828 began the study of Arabic under See also:

• SILVESTRE, PAUL ARMAND (1837-1901)

Silvestre de Sacy . After a visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he married, he obtained a See also:

• POST

post in the Spanish See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, and was transferred to the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as translator in 1833 . In 1836 he returned to England, wrote extensively in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals, and translated Almakkari's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan Dynasties in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain (1840–1843) for the Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society . In England he also made the acquaintance of See also:

• TICKNOR, GEORGE (1791—1871)

Ticknor, to whom he was very serviceable . In 1843 he returned to Spain as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Arabic at the university of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, which post he held until 1881, when he was made director of public instruction . This office he re-signed upon being elected senator for the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• HUELVA
• HUELVA (the ancient Onuba, Onoba, or Onuba Aestuaria)

Huelva . His latter years were spent in cataloguing the Spanish See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum; he had previously continued Bergenroth's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the manuscripts See also:

• RELATING

relating to England in the See also:

• SIMANCAS

Simancas archives . His best-known See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WORK

work is his dissertation on Spanish romances of See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry in Rivadeneyra's Biblioteca de autores espanoles . He died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1897 .