Martín Sarmiento

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Martín Sarmiento

Martín Sarmiento or Martiño Sarmiento, also Father Sarmiento (born Pedro José García Balboa), (Villafranca del Bierzo, El Bierzo, March 9, 1695 - Madrid, December 7, 1772) was a Spanish scholar, writer and Benedictine monk, illustrious representative of the Enlightenment in Spain.

He wrote on a wide variety of subjects, including Literature, Medicine, Botany, Ethnography, History, Theology, Linguistics, etc.

Selected works

Memorias para la historia de la poesía y poetas españoles, (1741-1745), first edition, Madrid, 1775.
Coplas gallegas y Glosario, (1746-...), in the Galician language.
Notas al Privilegio de Ordoño y Reflexiones sobre Archiveros
Disertación sobre el animal zebra, nacido, criado, conocido y cazado antiguamente en España

Bibliography

Pensado Tomé, José Luis, Fray Martín Sarmiento, testigo de su siglo, Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, 1972.

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Name	Sarmiento, Martin
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Short description	Spanish writer
Date of birth	March 9, 1695
Place of birth
Date of death	December 7, 1772
Place of death

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