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Adolfo de Castro
1823–1898
A Cádiz-born historian and man of letters, he built a reputation through wide-ranging work on Spanish history, literature, and bibliography. He is also remembered for the long controversy around works he presented as lost texts by Cervantes and other writers.
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Historia de los Judíos en España desde los tiempos de su establecimiento hasta principios del present siglo
by Adolfo de Castro
El Buscapié
by Adolfo de Castro
About the author
Born in Cádiz in 1823, Adolfo de Castro y Rossi became a Spanish historian, writer, editor, and bibliographer with a strong interest in Cervantes and the literary past of Spain. His career reached beyond scholarship: records about his life also describe public service roles in Cádiz, Huelva, and Seville, showing how closely his intellectual work and civic life were linked.
He wrote and edited many historical and literary works, including studies on Cádiz and on the history of Spain. He was recognized in his time for his learning and was associated with major Spanish academies, including the Real Academia de la Historia.
Today, de Castro is often remembered both for his erudition and for the debate surrounding texts he claimed to have recovered, especially works connected with Cervantes. That mix of scholarship, ambition, and controversy makes him a striking figure in nineteenth-century Spanish literary history.