Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas
Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas , Count of Gimeno, (born May 31, 1852 in Cartagena , † September 13, 1936 in Madrid ) was a Spanish doctor, scientist and politician. He held the offices of Minister of Education, Minister of the Navy, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Development and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Gimeno studied medicine in Madrid and in 1875 became professor of pathology at the University of Santiago de Compostela . From 1877 to 1888 he taught at the University of Valencia , in 1888 he received the Hygiene Chair in Madrid and in 1891 switched back to the Pathology Chair there. During the Spanish cholera epidemic of 1885, following the theories of Koch and Ferrán , he distinguished himself by advocating mass vaccination.
Gimeno's numerous honors included the presidency of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and membership of the Real Academia Española , the Real Academia de Ciencias and the Academia de Bellas Artes .
As a politician he belonged to the Partido Liberal and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1886 as a member of the Valencia Province . From 1893 to 1908, the University of Valencia sent him to the Senate, whereupon he was appointed Senator for life and 1910-11 served as Vice President of the House of Lords. For about fifteen years, Gimeno was a minister in various functions in mostly short-lived cabinets.
As Minister of Culture (July 6 to December 4, 1906) in a cabinet of José López Domínguez , he laid the basis for the creation of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios . He held the same ministerial office from April 3, 1911 to March 12, 1912 in a government under Canalejas . Among other things, he was twice Minister of the Navy, from December 31, 1912 to October 27, 1913 under the Conde de Romanones and from November 3, 1917 to March 22, 1918 in a García Prieto cabinet .
He held his last ministerial post as development minister from December 12, 1919 to February 14, 1920 under Allendesalazar . In 1920 he was given the hereditary title Conde de Gimeno. In 1923 he was a delegate from Spain to the fourth conference of the League of Nations .
literature
- Gazeta: Colección histórica del BOE, 1711-1967
- Dispatch staff from Senador D. Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas, from the Universidad de Valencia y vitalicio
Web links
- Short biography of Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas, Spanish
- Valencia and the Cholera Epidemic of 1885 (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gimeno y Cabañas, Amalio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish doctor, scientist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cartagena |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1936 |
| Place of death | Madrid |