José Antonio Conde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Antonio Conde

Spanish historian

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1766

Place of Birth: La Peraleja, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1820

Profession: writer, historian

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

José Antonio Conde y García (1766–1820) was a Spanish Orientalist and historian of Al-Andalus period.
His Anacreon (1791) obtained him a post in the royal library in 1795.
He also published several paraphrases of Greek classics.
These were followed in 1799 by an edition of the Arabic text of Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Spain, with notes and a translation.
As an afrancesado, he fled Spain in 1813, but returned a year later and was eventually reinstated to his honors.
His magnum opus, the three-volume Historia de la Dominación de los Árabes en España, was published after his death.