Francesc Cambó
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Spanish politician (1876-1947)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1876-09-02 ) 2 September 1876, Verges , Spain
- Died
- 30 April 1947 (1947-04-30) (aged 70), Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Occupation
- politician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Verges
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires
- Occupation
- jurist
- Educated at
- University of Barcelona
- Political party
- Catalan Solidarity
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- law
- Image
- Retrat Francesc Cambó.jpeg
- Work location
- Madrid
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- place of burial
- Montjuïc Cemetery
- Commons category
- Francesc Cambó i Batlle
- date of birth
- 1876-09-02
- date of death
- 1947-04-30
- has works in the collection
- Cerdanyola Art Museum. Can Domènech
- name in native language
- Francesc Cambó
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Encyclopedic overview
Francesc Cambó i Batlle ( Catalan pronunciation: [fɾənˈsɛsk kəmˈbo]; 2 September 1876 – 30 April 1947) was a conservative Spanish politician from Catalonia, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was a minister in several Spanish governments. He supported a number of artistic and cultural endeavours, especially, the translation of Greek and Latin classical texts to Catalan.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francesc Cambó” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.