José María Soler García Explained

José María Soler García
Birth Date:30 September 1905
Birth Place:Villena, Spain
Death Place:Villena
Occupation:Archaeologist, Historian, Researcher, Folklorist, Mail carrier, Accountant
Language:Spanish
Period:1930-1996

José María Soler García was a Spanish archaeologist, historian, researcher and folklorist. He is one of the persons who most deeply studied Villena and its surrounding area, since the vast majority of his research was focused on what concerned his hometown.

In 1957 he founded Villena's Archaeological Museum with the findings he had collected from the 1920s on. In 1963, after he found the Treasure of the Cabezo Redondo in March and the Treasure of Villena in December, the museum's name was officially changed to Archaeological Museum "José María Soler". The José María Soler Foundation,[1] constituted after his death, calls every year Research Awards in order to keep alive Soler's legacy.[2]

Publications

Soler has written several books on his archaeological works, some others on historical or folkloric research and even one dictionary on Villena's Spanish dialect. He has written a large number of articles published in newspapers and magazines, and he has also given many lectures all over Spain. A list of his published books follows:[3]

Awards

In addition, Villena's City Hall gave his name to one street in the old part of the city in 1979.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.josemariasoler.org/ Web site of the José María Soler Foundation
  2. Web site: La Fundación José María Soler convoca los premios de investigación. April 17, 2009. Diario Información. es. José María Soler Foundation calls the research awards. November 5, 2009. May 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120527135453/http://www.diarioinformacion.com/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2009041700_18_875788__Elda-Fundacion-Jose-Maria-Soler-convoca-premios-investigacion. dead.
  3. Web site: Legado y obra. Fundación Municipal José María Soler . 2009. es. Legacy & Work. November 30, 2009.
  4. Web site: Presentado el Cancionero de Soler. February 6, 2006. El Periódico de Villena. es. Soler's Cancionero presented. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301120734/http://www.elperiodicodevillena.com/noticia.asp?idnoticia=63125. March 1, 2012. October 21, 2009. dead.
  5. Book: Gran Enciclopedia Temática de la Comunidad Valenciana. 2009. Editorial Prensa Valenciana. Literatura . Cancionero Popular de Villena.
  6. Book: ROJAS. Alfredo. PRATS. Vicente. De Villena y los Villeneros. Of Villena and their inhabitants. 1st. 2002. Apadis, M.I. Ayuntamiento de Villena & C.A.M.. Villena. es. 84-607-4789-1.
  7. Web site: Verleihung des Montaigne-Preises 1982 an Señor Don José María Soler García, Villena und des Montaigne-Studienstipendiums an Pedro Marco, Villena, am 11. Dezember 1981 in Madrid. Stiftung F.V.S. Zu Hamburg . Montaigne-Preis. 1982. Digitalized by Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2005. Hamburg. de, es. December 3, 2009.
  8. Web site: José María Soler García. Villena (1905-1996). José María. Soler Garcia. José María Soler. 2006. Historia de Villena: desde la Prehistoria hasta el siglo XVIII. Fundación Municipal José María Soler. Villena. es. August 12, 2009. February 24, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224041645/http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/soler/01394953155915639191802/023057.pdf. dead.