Person
Algarra, Jaime (1879-1948)Alternative forms (other languages) Other forms
Barcelona (España) 1879-10-23 - Barcelona (España) 1948-03-03
Spanis Law professor and scholar of the Catalan philosophy and culture. He studied a degree in Law at the University of Barcelona. He was awarded a doctorate in Law by the Universidad Central de Madrid and he graduated as a commercial teacher at the Escuela Superior de Administración Mercantil de Barcelona [Bussines Administration School of Barcelona].
In 1912 he was appointed professor in Political Economy by the Faculty of Law at the University of Zaragoza and, in 1920, he got the Chair in Political Economy and Elements of the Tax Authority at the Faculty of Law of the University of Barcelona. He finished his academic career as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Barcelona.
He also held the following positions:
President of the Catalan Institute of Sociology and judge of the Court for Contentious Administrative Proceedings in Barcelona.
El archivo del Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica conserva la ficha de Jaime Algarra Postins, catedrático.