{"id":64,"date":"2014-03-19T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T09:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bascongada.eus\/ignacio-de-urquijo-y-olano-ii-count-of-ospin-de-urquijo\/"},"modified":"2014-03-19T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T09:03:21","slug":"ignacio-de-urquijo-y-olano-ii-count-of-ospin-de-urquijo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bascongada.eus\/en\/en-the-society\/en-history\/en-historical-personage\/ignacio-de-urquijo-y-olano-ii-count-of-ospin-de-urquijo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignacio de Urquijo y Olano, II Count of Osp\u00edn de Urquijo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>(Bilbao, 1907-Markina-Xemein, 2002)<br \/>Refounder (1945) and director (1957-1959) of the Royal Basque Society of the Friends of the Country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a diplomat, historian and expert in Basque studies, and educated within a family that was dedicated to studying the Basque language and culture, in which his uncles Gabriel Adolfo (1866-1933) and Julio de Urquijo Ybarra (1871-1950) gained prominence.<\/p>\n<p>He studied law at the University of Deusto and furthered his education in France and England. 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