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Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Albert Berenguer, Isidro (1896-1974)

Fechas de existencia:

Pinoso (Alicante, España) 1896-05-15 - Alicante (España) 1974-12-09

History:

Spanish priest, archivist-librarian and high school teacher.

Son of José María Albert Seguidos and of María de los Dolores Berenguer Cerdá, both from Pinoso.

He started his studies in his hometown, but in 1909 he entered the Seminario de los Salesianos in Campello (Alicante). Finished his studies, in 1914 he entered the Seminario de la Inmaculada Concepción y Príncipe San Miguel, where he studied Scholastic Philosophy and Theology.

He was collaborator of the seminaries Nueva Illice (1913) and Colección Illice (1921).

He started in the priesthood on 6 June 1920 in the Capuchinas de Alicante, and the following year, he joined the army as Capellán Castrense in the Regimiento "Princesa Mercedes" Nº4 of Alicante.

Civil servant of the Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y Arqueólogos through an exam, from the 2 February 1935, being destined as Director of the Biblioteca Provincial of Albacete, city where he lived in.

At the beginning of the Civil War, he still was in charge of the Biblioteca de Albacete, and after finishing the purification file with no sanction, he asked to re-enter the Body. He asked to transfer to Alicante, being named Director of the Biblioteca Pública and of the Archivo de Hacienda in 1944. He was also a Latin teacher in high schools of the Alicante city.

Between 1946 and 1960, he was first president of the Sociedad Filatélica y Numismática of Alicante. His hometown named him official cronist of the city. He passed away in Alicante at the age of 78 in 1974.

Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

Context:

El Archivo General de la Administración conserva el expediente de depuración de Isidro Albert Berenguer, funcionario del Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y Arqueólogos por oposición desde el 2 de febrero de 1935. En el inicio de la Guerra Civil estaba destinado en la Biblioteca Pública de Albacete como director. En este expediente solicita su reingreso en el cuerpo.