José Gómez de Arteche
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Born13 March 1821
Carabanchel de Arriba (Madrid), Spain
Died26 January 1906 (aged 84–85)
Madrid
José Gómez de Arteche | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1821 Carabanchel de Arriba (Madrid), Spain |
| Died | 26 January 1906 (aged 84–85) Madrid |
José Gómez de Arteche y Moro de Elexabeitia (13 March 1821 – 26 January 1906) was a Spanish military officer, historian and senator, best known for his 14-volume Guerra de la Independencia. Historia Militar de España de 1808 a 1814, the first volume of which was published in 1868.[1] Gómez de Arteche was elected a member of Spain's Royal Academy of History in 1871.[1]
In the preface to Volume II (1903) of his A History of the Peninsular War, Charles Oman acknowledges Arteche's personal contribution to Oman's work.[2]
