Miguel Ángel Troitiño
Spanish geographer (1947–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miguel Ángel Troitiño Vinuesa (1947 – 2020) was a Spanish geographer, professor of human geography at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He was an expert in cultural tourism and heritage preservation.[1]
Miguel Ángel Troitiño | |
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| Born | 1947 El Arenal |
| Died | 21 April 2020 (aged 72–73) Madrid |
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| Occupation | Geographer, university teacher (1973–) |
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Biography
Born in El Arenal, province of Ávila, Spain, in 1947, Troitiño earned a licentiate degree in Geography and History from the UCM.[2] He obtained a PhD in Geography in 1979 from the UCM,[3] reading a dissertation on the city of Cuenca,[4] titled Cuenca, la crisis de una vieja ciudad castellana[5] and supervised by Manuel de Terán Álvarez. A lecturer at the UCM since 1973,[3] he obtained a Chair of Human Geography in 1991.[6]
During his career, he focused on fields such as tourism, cultural heritage, urban planning and territorial development.[2] A great deal of his scholar production dealt with the city of Cuenca.[6] A member of the Institución Gran Duque de Alba, he also worked on the strategy for territorial sustainable development for the Tiétar Valley,[2] in his native province.
He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on 21 April 2020.[2][6]
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