Francisco Pons Boigues
Francisco Pons Boigues (born 1861 in Carcagente , Valencia ; died 1899 ibid.) Was a Spanish humanities scholar and librarian who was particularly famous for his bio-bibliographical work on Arab-Spanish historians and geographers ( Historiadores y geógrafos arábigo-españoles , 1898) is known. This work was to be followed by a similar one about Arab doctors and naturalists, which was not published.
Francisco Pons Boigues came from a modest background and had the opportunity to study at the Seminary of Valencia and the Arabists Francisco Codera Zaidín (the editor of the book series Bibliotheca arabico-hispana to meet), who became his teacher and on whose advice he attended the Faculty of Arts studied in Madrid . He was a student of Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo and was licensed in 1885.
Works (selection)
- Ensayo bio-bibliográfico sobre los historiadores y geógrafos arábigo-españoles. Establ. tip. de San Francisco de Sales, Madrid 1898 digitized * (later reprints)
See also
Web links
- Francisco Pons Boigues 1861-1899 (with a bibliography)
- Francisco Pons y Boigues
- worldcat.org
References and footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pons Boigues, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish arabist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carcagente , Valencia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1899 |
| Place of death | Carcagente , Valencia |