José María Soler García facts for kids
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José María Soler García
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Monument to José María Soler in Villena
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| Born | September 30, 1905 Villena, Spain |
| Died | August 25, 1996 (aged 90) Villena |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, Historian, Researcher, Folklorist, Mail carrier, Accountant |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | 1930-1996 |
José María Soler García was a Spanish archaeologist, historian, researcher and folklorist. He is one of the persons who most deeply studied Villena and its surrounding area, since the vast majority of his research was focused on what concerned his hometown.
In 1957 he founded Villena's Archaeological Museum with the findings he had collected from the 1920s on. In 1963, after he found the Treasure of the Cabezo Redondo in March and the Treasure of Villena in December, the museum's name was officially changed to Archaeological Museum "José María Soler". The José María Soler Foundation, constituted after his death, calls every year Research Awards in order to keep alive Soler's legacy.
Awards
- Musicology Award of CSIC, on the Cancionero popular de Villena (1949)
- Golden Medal of Villena (1973)
- Bronze Medal in Fine Arts (1980)
- Montaigne Award of Hamburg's FvS Foundation (1981)
- Doctor honoris causa by Universidad de Alicante (1985)
- Gold Medal of the Province of Alicante (1991)
In addition, Villena's City Hall gave his name to one street in the old part of the city in 1979.
See also
In Spanish: José María Soler García para niños
