Carvajal, Tomas Jose Gonzales

Carvajal, Tomas Jose Gonzales a Spanish statesman and writer, was born Dec. 21,1753, at Seville, where he studied jurisprudence and philology.' At the age of fifty-four he commenced the study of Hebrew, and (lied Nov. 9,1834. He was the author of a metrical version of the Psalms, Los Salmos (Valencia, 1819, 5 vols.): —Los Libros Poeticos de la Santa Biblia (ibid. 1827, 6 vols.). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v. (B. P.)