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Juan de Ferreras (1652–1735)
Ferreras, Juan de (fer-rā’ras). A Spanish historian and poetaster; born in Labañeza, June 7, 1652; died (probably) near Madrid, June 8, 1735. He was a scholarly and respected priest, whose careful ‘History of Spain’ (1700–27) is authoritative for the period prior to 1598; his ‘Poems’ (1726) are less important.