José María Jover Zamora ( Cartagena, 5 June 1920 -

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, 14 November, 2006) was a Spanish

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Career

He was the most influential figure in developing contemporary Spanish

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. In 1949, he became professor of "Universal History of the Modern Age" and "General Cultural History" at the

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. Later, he moved to the

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. In the mid-1960s, Jover was attracted to the new historiographical trends in Europe. The

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and the Catalán historian Jaume Vicens Vives were his major influences. Among his students are many famous historians, such as Javier Tusell, Elena Hernández Sandoica, Juan Pablo Fusi and Ángel Bahamonde. In 1975, he was placed in charge of the ''Historia de España'', begun and edited by

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, who died before it was completed. Jover restructured and amplified the original plan.

Honors

* Spanish National History Prize (1981) *

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at the

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(1985) * Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2000) * Doctor Honoris Causa at the

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(2004)Charles III University: Jover's acceptance speech
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Selected works

*''Historia de España: la Edad Contemporánea'', Teide (1979) *''La Civilización Española a Mediados del Siglo XIX'', Espasa-Calpe (1992) *''Realidad y Mito de la Primera República'', Espasa-Calpe (1991) *''Historiadores Españoles de Nuestro Siglo'', Real Academia de la Historia (1999) *''España en la Política Internacional: Siglos XVIII-XIX'', Marcial Pons (1999)

References

External links

Dialnet: Complete list of works by Jover
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jover, Jose Maria 20th-century Spanish historians 1920 births 2006 deaths Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid