Adolfo Rivadeneyra


Adolfo Rivadeneyra was a Spanish diplomat, orientalist, editor and traveler.

Biography

Son of the renowned Catalan printer and publisher Manuel Rivadeneyra, Adolfo began his diplomatic career in Beirut as a multilingual interpreter, became Acting Consul in Jerusalem, vice-consul in Ceylon, Damascus, and Tehran, and subsequently was consul in Mogador and Singapore, where he ended his career in the Foreign Service in 1879.
He actively participated in the Spanish cultural world of his time and was elected to the Royal Academy of History and appointed secretary of the :es:Real Sociedad Geográfica|Geographical Society of Madrid. In Damascus he began studying Assyrian with the help of his teacher and friend Francisco García Ayuso.
As publisher, Adolfo Rivadeneyra continued to publish the series of classics of Spanish literature, entitled :es:Biblioteca de Autores Españoles|Biblioteca de Autores Españoles, started by his father. In addition, he related his extensive travels throughout the East in several books.

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