Francisco Amorós y Ondeano

Francisco Amorós y Ondeano, otherwise known as the Marquis of Sotelo (19 February 1770 in Valencia – 1848), was born within Spain but took French nationality during 1816. He is known for his contribution to gymnastics within the nation of France, and for his contributing to the resurgence of sport in the so-called modern world in general.[1][2][3]

Ondeano was the son of a brigadier of the Spanish army. At the age of nine he studied at a Saint-Isodore school within Madrid. At sixteen years of age he entered the military, in the capacity of an infantry-man in the army of Cordone.[2]

Ondeano opened a gymnasium in Paris during 1817, and another in 1820, for the use of the military and also the general population.[4]

Amongst other works, he published texts entitled:

  • New Complete Manual of Physical Education for Gymnastics and Morals.[5]
  • Civil (or Civilian) French Gymnasium (of which there was an edition in print during the year 1819)[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ the United States of America's Library of Congress [Retrieved 2015-06-07]
  2. 1 2 Hortense G. Du Faÿ, Francisco Amoros y Ondeano (marq. de Sotelo.). Coup d'œil sur le mouvement européen de 1790 à 1814, justifiant l'invasion d'Espagne de 1808, ou, Notice sur le marquis de Spoleta. published Paris 1855 (Original from Oxford University, Digitized 28 Apr 2006). Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  3. ↑ Conrado Durántez - The Foundation of the Spanish Olympic Committee published by the International Society of Olympic Historians [Retrieved 2015-08-08]
  4. ↑ Jan Todd - Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful: Purposive Exercise in the Lives of American Women, 1800-1870 (p.63, note 27) Mercer University Press, 1998, 369 pages, ISBN 0865545618 Critical Studies in Education and Culture [Retrieved 2015-06-07]
  5. ↑ Francisco Amorós Y. Ondeano - Nouveau Manuel Complet D'Éducation Physique, Gymnastique Et Morale, Volume 2 BiblioBazaar 2010, 212 pages, ISBN 1144330432 [Retrieved 2015-06-07]
  6. ↑ Gymnase civil français impr. P. N. Rougeron, 1819, 19 pages, [Retrieved 2015-06-07] (ed. translated partly using HarperCollins Publishers French Dictionary)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.