Antonio de Bofarull (1821–1892)

[Bofarull y Brocá].  Spanish philologist, the historian of old-time Catalan; born on the 4th of December 1821; was custodian and director of the archives of the ancient city of Barcelona; under the pen-name of “El Coblejador de Moncada” he wrote many poems in the Catalan dialect. His Critical, Civil and Ecclesiastical History of Catalonia (9 vols., 1876–78) and his Critical History of Catalonia’s War of Independence (1886–87) are his best-known works.