Son of Maria del Carmen Serrano Baena and sculptor Jose de los Rios. Study in Cordoba Humanities and Philosophy at the College of the Assumption and the Seminario Conciliar de San Pelagio.
In 1832 the in 1968 father is employed as a sculptor of the royal sites and the family moved to Madrid. Continued his studies at the Imperial College of San Isidro and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando to learn painting with Federico de Madrazo. Then write poetry and read the Spanish chronicles Antiquities and history of Juan de Mariana. Learn French and Italian languages and literature at the Ateneo in Madrid with Jose Alberto Madrazo and List, whose lectures on theater during 1836-37 conceived the idea of a History of Spanish literature who translated and published in 1841-42 to expand the Spanish part of the Histoire de la Litterature du Midi (Paris 1813) of the Swiss Simonde Sismondi.
When Fernando VII died in 1833, his father, a restless man and I just launched the careers of assistant Caminos at forty-seven years, had to go back to Seville in 1837.
Sevilla, Jose Amador explore the collections of the Biblioteca Colombina investigating all sorts of historical and literary codices. Also taking part in talk shows and published a collection of poems selected and thanks to Manuel Maria del Marmol, his teacher and mentor of Seville, was named honorary academic of the Royal Academy Sevillana de Buenas Letras in 1839. That same year had published his first book, poetry collection selected, with Juan Jose Bueno.
In 1840 he married Maria Juana Fernandez de Villalta, who would have four sons and one daughter, Isabella Matilda, married to Francisco Gonzalez and Fernandez, scholar and rector of the Universidad Central de Madrid. The other four are Alfonso Gonzalo, Ramiro and Rodrigo, and writer, historian, orientalist, lawyers, academics, Director of the Archaeological Museum, a professor at the Faculty of Law and the Academy of Jurisprudence.
In 1842 he was appointed member of the Society of Friends of the Country of Baena and the Royal Patriotic Society of Cordoba and its host as a kingdom in 1844. Sevilla picturesque published that year, which includes the most important monuments of the city, love exhibits and commitment of premieres and honor, a comedy. In 1845 Toledo pulbica picturesque and First Officer of the Directorate of Curriculum, encouraging the creation of high school for all the Spanish provinces.
Jose Amador began his teaching career in 1848, the year in which obtained the Chair of Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Central de Madrid where he had to his disciples by Antonio Canova del Castillo, Emilio Castelar, Jose Canalejas, Leopoldo Alas "Clarin" or Marcelino Menendez Pelayo.
Studies published in Brothers Ali and 1848 also cultures historical, political and literary writings about the Jews of art history artifacts Spain, which is translated into several languages. the famous art family of Academico number is chosen from the Royal Academy of History. With support from personalities such as Pedro Jose Pidal (1800-1865), the then Minister, and his friend and protector angel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas, was appointed Secretary of the Central Commission of Monuments, accompanied by the publication of the majority of its more than 46 large archaeology. There is little or no overlap with antiques volumes. the art world has greatly benefited from Ali and Hicham for many years Amista Juan Valera, his former mentor Alberto Lista, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre Herculano, Prosper M civilizations rim e.
Doctor of Literature in 1850, in 1851 the Royal Academy of History is responsible forediting and general natural history of the Indies, islands and shore of the sea Ocean of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, which ended in 1856. Also publishes the works of Don Inigo Lopez de Mendoza Marques de Santillana, with biography, notes and commentary in four volumes, galleries published in 1855 ends. In 1853 he was appointed professor of foreign literature by the Ministry of Justice and in 1856 he was appointed Censor of Theaters, a position he took charge for five years until 1861.
He was appointed dean of the University in 1857, which I take to make some trips by archives and libraries locally and abroad. He was elected vice-rector in 1867 and in 1868, a position that was put aside as "The Glorious" for a short time ancient Egyptian antiquity since it was reinstated in his professorship for two years. He was also Inspector General of Public Instruction sculptures between 1856 and 1861. This last year published the first volume of his critical history of Spanish literature, devoted to literature and poetry of Latin Visigoth period and paid for by Queen Elizabeth II, which had frequent hearings. In 1859 became part of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in a speech "From the Mudejar architecture", which is used for the first time the term to classify Ali and Hicham a type of art that aimed at its picturesque Toledo (1845 ).
1860 Starts work on History of Villa y Corte de Madrid in four volumes, the last of 1864, along with Juan de is exhibiting Dios de la Rada y Delgado and Cayetano gallery Rosell.
Member of the Liberal Union, actively involved S. . Mr. 's sons in politics: he was a Member of Parliament for Almeria in 1863, pursued if only less than a year.
In 1868 he was elected director of the National Archaeological Museum, but resigned after "The Glorious" to be removed on December 4 as rector of history the University, whose son Rodrigo deal after this post.
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