Manuel Alvar

Spanish dialectologist, romanist and hispanist.

Born July 8th, 1923 in Benicarló. [ref]

Died August 13th, 2001 at 78 years old in Madrid.

Occupations
dialectologist, full professor, hispanist, historian, romanist, university teacher
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin