Tomás Carreras Artau
Tomàs Carreras i Artau (or Tomás Carreras Artau in Spanish) (* 1879 in Girona , † 1954 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan philosopher , ethnologist and politician .
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Tomás Carreras was Professor of Ethics at the University of Barcelona from 1912 to 1949 . He founded the Archive of Ethnography and Folklore of Catalonia . He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Scripts in Barcelona . Together with Jaume Serra i Húnter and Ramon Turró i Darder , he founded the Catalan Society of Philosophy in 1923 , which was dependent on the Institute for Catalan Studies .
He and his brother Joaquim Carreras i Artau were awarded the Prize of the Spanish Society for the Development of Science for the publication of the history of Spanish philosophy. Christian philosophy from the 13th century to the 15th century (in Spanish ) between 1939 and 1943. In 1946 he became the first President of the Institute for Studies of Girona and publisher of the yearbook of the Institute for Studies of Girona .
Politically, he was involved with the Lliga Regionalista . In the 1932 election for the Catalan Parliament, he was elected member of the Girona Province . After the Spanish Civil War he became a city councilor in Barcelona. Then he took care of the cultural department. He also took part in the founding of the Barcelona City Orchestra in 1944 and also some of the Barcelona museums (including the Barcelona Ethnological Museum ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Tomas Carreras i Artau, preface for the yearbook of the Institute for Studies of Girona , 1947, pp. V-VII. (Catalan)
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| SURNAME | Carreras Artau, Tomás |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carreras i Artau, Tomàs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan philosopher, ethnologist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Girona |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1954 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |