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MADOZ (1806-1870)  , Spanish statistician, was born at Pampeluna on the 7th of May 1806 . In early life he was settled in Barcelona, as a writer and journalist . He joined the Progresista party formed during the first Carlist war, 1833-40 . He saw some service against the Carlists; was elected deputy to the Cortes of 1836; took part for Espartero, and then against him; was imprisoned in 1843; went into exile and returned; was governor of Barcelona in 1854, and minister of finance iri 1855; had a large share in secularizing the Church lands; and after the revolution of 1868 was governor of Madrid . He had, however, no great influence as a leader and soon went abroad, dying at Genoa in 1870 . Madoz was distinguished from most of the politicians of his generation by the fact that in middle life he compiled what is still a book of value—a geographical, statistical and historical dictionary of Spain and its possessions oversea, Diccionario geografico, estadistico y historico de Espana, y sus posesiones de Ultramar (Madrid, 1848-1850) .