Curriculum

When he was young, he enjoyed a scholarship to study at Fonseca School. Then he studied Rhetoric and Theology at University where he took a doctor's degree and was ordained as a priest. He filled the office of ecclesiastic judge. In 1783, he was nominated as prebendary and canon of Santiago's cathedral five years later. In 1795, he became a member of the Academy of History and honourable member of the Economic Society of Madrid. Together with Páramo and Somoza, he founded the economic society 'Amigos del País de Santiago' in 1784, being the president in 1789. Depending on the society, he created a Painting Academy in Santiago de Compostela, he promoted the creation of a road and helped poor students and founded a Greek Academy for those pupils that wanted to enter University. In 1806, he created a library with his own money, to which he destined his own library.