Alarcon

Alarcon, PEDRO ANTONIO DE, Spanish author and politician, was born at Guadix in 1833, and was intended for the church, but early devoted himself to journalism. He served as a volunteer in the Morocco campaign (1859), entered the Cortes as Liberal deputy for his native town, and worked for the restoration of the constitutional monarchy in the person of Alfonso XII., who made him a councillor. A selection of his poems and novels appeared in 1874. He died 19th July 1891.