CAPMANY Y MONTPALAU

capmany y montpalau, antonio de (1742-1813), spanish polygraph, was born at barcelona on the 24th of november 1742. he retired from the army in 1770, and was subsequently elected secretary of the royal academy of history at madrid. his principal works are--_memorias historicas sobre la marina, commercio, y artes de la antigua ciudad de barcelona_ (4 vols. 1779-1792); _teatro historico-critico de la elocuencia espanola_ (1786); _filiosofia de la elocuencia_ (1776), and _cuestiones criticas sobre varias puntos de historia economica, politica, y militar_ (1807). capmany died at barcelona on the 14th of november 1813. his monograph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.