Manuel Bartolomé Cossío, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel Bartolomé Cossío

Spanish professor (1857-1935)

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1857

Place of Birth: Haro, La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1935

Profession: professor, art historian

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Manuel Bartolomé Cossío (22 February 1857 - 2 September 1935) was a Spanish art historian and Krausist teacher.
Born in Haro, La Rioja, he entered the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, where he was godson and favourite pupil of Francisco Giner de los Ríos as well as his inseparable companion and successor.
He also wrote a monumental study of El Greco.
He was director of the Museo Pedagógico Nacional and president of the Misiones Pedagógicas, becoming "the most eminent figure in Spanish pedagogy in the period 1882 to 1935", two years after his death.
He died at Collado Mediano in Madrid.