CAPMANY Y MONTPALAU, ANTONIO DE (1742 1813), Spanish polygraph, was born at Barcelona on Nov. 24, 174 2. He retired from the army in 177o, and was subsequently elected secretary of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. His principal works are : Memorias hist6ricas sobre la marina, commercao, y artes de la antigun ciudad de Barcelona (4 vols., 1779-92) ; Teatro hist6rico-critico de la elocuencia Espanola (1786) ; Filioso f is de la elocuencia (1776), and Cuestiones criti cas sobre varios pantos de historia econdmica, politica, y militar (1807). Capmany died at Barcelona on Nov. 14, 1813. His mono graph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.