Horacio Álvarez Mesa
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Horacio Álvarez Mesa was a Spanish
politician
, lawyer
and journalist
.
He was born in Avilés
on the 30 November 1881, the son of Florentino Álvarez Mesa
and Carmen Menendez-Valdes Muñiz. Between 1900 - 1901 he studied and Philosophy and Letters in the Central University of Madrid, He then studied law and qualified in 1904. He then practised as a lawyer, journalist and Asturian liberal politician. He was municipal secretary of Avilés
from 1 May 1908 to the 14 July of the same year.
He was President of the arts school "Sociedad fundadora y protectora de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Aviles" from 1911 to 1914.
In 1917 he became one of the voluntary contributors of the newspaper El Progreso de Asturias (The Progress of Asturias) founded on January 6 of the same year by the linguist and journalist Julian G. Orbón. They later collaborated with the newspaper El Adenlatado founded in 1932.
He was assassinated at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
in July 1936.
Spain
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politician
Politician
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, lawyer
Lawyer
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and journalist
Journalist
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.
He was born in Avilés
Avilés
Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than...
on the 30 November 1881, the son of Florentino Álvarez Mesa
Florentino Álvarez Mesa
Florentino Álvarez Mesa was a Spanish journalist, writer and politician.He was born in 1846 in Avilés, Asturias. During his childhood he spent some years in Madrid before returning to Avilés....
and Carmen Menendez-Valdes Muñiz. Between 1900 - 1901 he studied and Philosophy and Letters in the Central University of Madrid, He then studied law and qualified in 1904. He then practised as a lawyer, journalist and Asturian liberal politician. He was municipal secretary of Avilés
Avilés
Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than...
from 1 May 1908 to the 14 July of the same year.
He was President of the arts school "Sociedad fundadora y protectora de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Aviles" from 1911 to 1914.
In 1917 he became one of the voluntary contributors of the newspaper El Progreso de Asturias (The Progress of Asturias) founded on January 6 of the same year by the linguist and journalist Julian G. Orbón. They later collaborated with the newspaper El Adenlatado founded in 1932.
He was assassinated at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
in July 1936.
External links
- Juan Carlos de la Madrid www.elcomerciodigital.com
- Autores asturianos - Álvarez Mesa, Horacio