death_date death_place birth_place nationality ethnicity notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
9 november 1951 bilbao , biscay , spain lekeitio , biscay , spain spanish basque diccionario vasco-español-francés euskal izkindea-gramática euskara morfología vasca 5 august 1864 resurreccion maria azkue hizkuntzalari lekeitiarra.jpg resurrección maría de azkue
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resurrección maría de azkue

resurrección maría de azkue -lrb- 5 august 1864 -- 9 november 1951 -rrb- was an influential basque priest , musician , poet , writer , sailor and academic .
he made several major contributions to the study of the basque language and was the first head of the euskaltzaindia , the academy of the basque language .
in spite of some justifiable criticism of an imbalance towards unusual and archaic forms and a tendency to ignore the romance influence on basque , he is considered one of the greatest scholars of basque to date .
his full name is resurreccion de jesus maria de las nieves azkue aberasturi barrundia uribarri but he commonly known as resurrección maría de azkue , r.m. azkue or simply azkue .
