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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (5 January, 1744 - 27 November, 1811), Spanish statesman, author, philosopher and main figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain, was born at GijĂłn in Asturias, Spain. Selecting law as his profession, he studied at Oviedo, Ăvila, and the Complutense University of Madrid, before becoming a criminal judge at Seville in 1767.
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