Manuel Alvar

Manuel Alvar
Manuel Alvar
Born	8 July 1923; Benicarló (Castellón), Spain
Died	13 August 2001 (aged 78); Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Chinchón, Spain
Education	Universidad de Zaragoza (transferred to Universidad de Salamanca after his second year); Universidad de Salamanca;
Occupations	Linguist; historian;
Employers	Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Universidad de Granada; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid;
Known for	Spanish dialectologist, Romance language specialist, historian, university professor
Term	1988–1991
Predecessor	Carlos Clavería
Successor	Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Spouse	Elena Ezquerra
Children	7
Honours	Doctor Honoris Causa (University of Granada, University of Valencia, University of Zaragoza, University of Salamanca, University of Sevilla, Universidades Nacional de San Juan, Universidad de Buenos Aires); Honorary Professor (Universidad de San Marcos de Lima, Universidad Austral de Chile); Distinguished Professor (University of California Santa Barbara, State University of New York Albany);
Seat T of the Real Academia Española
	In office; 7 December 1975 – 13 August 2001
Preceded by	Carlos Clavería Lizana
Succeeded by	Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Director of the Real Academia Española
	In office; 1 December 1988 – December 1991
Preceded by	Rafael Lapesa
Succeeded by	Fernando Lázaro Carreter

Manuel Alvar (July 8, 1923 - August 13, 2001) was a Spanish linguist, historian, and university professor who specialized in the study of dialectology and philology of the Spanish language. Throughout his career, Alvar oversaw and influenced the creation of many Spanish linguistic atlases; maps which recorded speech variations in a given geographical area. He served as Director of the Real Academia Española for four years and was a member of language academies throughout Europe and Latin America.^[1]

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Manuel Alvar
Born	(1923-07-08)8 July 1923 Benicarló (Castellón), Spain
Died	13 August 2001(2001-08-13) (aged 78) Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Chinchón, Spain
Education	Universidad de Zaragoza (transferred to Universidad de Salamanca after his second year) Universidad de Salamanca
Occupations	Linguist historian
Employers	Universidad Complutense de Madrid Universidad de Granada Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Known for	Spanish dialectologist, Romance language specialist, historian, university professor
Term	1988–1991
Predecessor	Carlos Clavería
Successor	Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Spouse	Elena Ezquerra
Children	7
Honours	Doctor Honoris Causa (University of Granada, University of Valencia, University of Zaragoza, University of Salamanca, University of Sevilla, Universidades Nacional de San Juan, Universidad de Buenos Aires) Honorary Professor (Universidad de San Marcos de Lima, Universidad Austral de Chile) Distinguished Professor (University of California Santa Barbara, State University of New York Albany)


Seat T of the Real Academia Española
In office 7 December 1975 – 13 August 2001
Preceded by	Carlos Clavería Lizana [es]
Succeeded by	Arturo Pérez-Reverte



Director of the Real Academia Española
In office 1 December 1988 – December 1991
Preceded by	Rafael Lapesa
Succeeded by	Fernando Lázaro Carreter