What is Francisco Rodríguez Adrados?
'''Francisco Rodríguez Adrados''' (29 March 1922 &ndash; 21 July 2020) was a Spanish [[Hellenist]], linguist and translator. He worked most of his career at the [[Complutense University of Madrid]]. He was a member of the [[Real Academia Española]] and [[Real Academia de la Historia]]. His works were mostly of the history of [[Ancient Greece]] and modern-day Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1991/04/29/cultura/672876003_850215.html |title=Rodríguez Adrados afirma que existe un cierto menosprecio por la lengua y la literatura |language=es |publisher=El País |date=29 April 1991 |access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Miguel Ángel Trenas |url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1991/05/01/pagina-30/33475039/pdf.html?search=ingreso%20rodriguez%20adrados%20academia |title=Francisco Rodríguez Adrados: la cultura de la imagen abruma al ciudadano |language=es |publisher=La Vanguardia |date=1 May 1991 |access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> Rodríguez Adrados was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].<ref name=rae>{{cite web|url=http://www.rae.es/academicos/francisco-rodriguez-adrados |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927064250/http://www.rae.es/academicos/francisco-rodriguez-adrados |title=Francisco Rodríguez Adrados |language=es |publisher=Real Academia Española |archive-date=27 September 2015 |access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> He studied at [[University of Salamanca]] and [[Complutense University of Madrid]]. Rodríguez Adrados died on 21 July 2020 in [[Madrid]], aged 98.<ref>[https://www.abc.es/cultura/abci-muere-academico-francisco-rodriguez-adrados-202007211205_noticia.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Muere el académico de la RAE Francisco Rodríguez Adrados] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez Adrados, Francisco}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish translators]] [[Category:Spanish historians]] [[Category:Spanish academics]] [[Category:Linguists]] [[Category:Writers from Madrid]] {{bio-stub}}