How to Pronounce Pedro Mata Fontanet
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Jun 14, 1811 Reus, Catalonia, Spain Died on 27 May 1877 (aged 65)
Spanish medical doctor, politician and writer
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About Pedro Mata Fontanet
- Pedro Mata y Fontanet (1811-1877) was a Spanish medical doctor referenced by the author Jorge Luis Borges in his work "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins".
- Mata is cited as having written a book entitled Curso de lengua universal or The Study of Universal Language, which was purportedly written in Buenos Aires in 1886.
- Borges' piece on John Wilkins focused on an attempt at creating a universal language. The calle del Doctor Mata, a street in Madrid, is named in honor of Pedro Mata y Fontanet. Dr.
- Mata is also referenced, humorously (his family name means "[he] kills"), in Ángel Ganivet's novel Los trabajos del infatigable creador Pío Cid.
