Josep Fontana
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Died28 August 2018 (aged 86)
Barcelona, Catalonia
AlmamaterUniversidat de Barcelona
AwardsCreu de Sant Jordi
Josep Fontana | |
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.jpg) Josep Fontana in 2017 | |
| Born | Josep Fontana i Lázaro 20 November 1931 |
| Died | 28 August 2018 (aged 86) Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Alma mater | Universidat de Barcelona |
| Awards | Creu de Sant Jordi |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
Josep Fontana i Lázaro (20 November 1931 – 28 August 2018) was a historian from Catalonia.[1][2]
Born in Barcelona, he received his master's degree in philosophy and letters (section history) at the University of Barcelona in 1956 and his doctorate in history by the same university in 1970. He was a student of Jaume Vicens i Vives and Ferran Soldevila. Their main currents of investigation are economic history, 19th century Spanish history and the history of property. He was influenced in his thought by E.P. Thompson, Pierre Vilar, Gramsci and Walter Benjamin.[3]
