Spanish lawyer, writer, politician and academician
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Pedro José Pidal y Carniado was born in Villaviciosa, Asturias. On finishing his Law studies, he moved to Madrid in 1822 and started working for a prestigious law firm[2] and collaborated with the short-lived daily El Espectador (1821-3), founded by his fellow Asturian liberal, Evaristo San Miguel.[5]
Before becoming increasingly involved in politics, he briefly (c. 1841) held the Chair of History of Government and Legislation in Spain at the Ateneo de Madrid.[2] He became an academician of the Real Academia Española in 1844,[2] of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1847, and director of this institution in 1852.[2]
Pidal Plan
Among the many other reforms carried out by Pidal as Minister of the Interior, the so-called Pidal Plan (1845) —the most important of a series of reforms in Spain's education system that would eventually lead to the so-called Ley Moyano (1857), which would remain in effect until 1970[6]—, implemented the first major overhaul of Spain's education system. Actually drawn up by his friend Antonio Gil y Zárate,[2] the plan called for state-run institutos to be created in each provincial capital[7] and among the many aspects the plan introduced were modifications to the syllabus, with the subjects of Spanish literature introduced at secondary level[8] and geography and Spanish history introduced for both secondary and university students.[note 3]
Alejandro Pidal y Mon (1846–1913) would also become a deputy[11] (as well as Speaker of Congress)[12] and academician (also being appointed director of the Real Academia Española).
^Aparisi was elected for the position in 1866 but never took the seat
^Not to be confused with the modern term, meaning mayor. With duties similar to those of the corregidor, the main difference being that the corregidor was directly appointed by the monarch for major cities.
^ Gil y Zárate stated that "It is shameful that there are people from the distinguished classes of society who do not know what this society has been and how it was formed".[9]
