sentences:  He was a professor at the University of Cagliari (Casteddu, Sardinia) and a lecturer in Catalan at the University of Liverpool.A founding member of the Society for Catalan Historical Studies (Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics), a branch of the Institute for Catalan Studies ("Institut d'Estudis Catalans"), he directed the Great Catalan Encyclopaedia from 1965 to 1971.He participated in several initiatives to oppose the Francoist State, such as the Assembly for Catalonia (), and was a founder of the left-wing Catalan nationalist movement, Nacionalistes d’Esquerra.