In Memoriam

José Manuel Rodríguez Gordillo in the historiography of Spanish tobacco

Abstract

Jose Manuel Rodriguez Gordillo, historian and collaborator with historical-accounting researchers.

José Manuel Rodríguez Gordillo, professor of Modern History at the University of Seville and Director of the Historical Archive of the Tobacco Factory of Seville passed away almost two years ago. He was an affable person in love with historical research on tobacco.

During his time as Director of the Historical Archive he received many researchers from different disciplines and, among them, also from the History of Accounting. One of his virtues was to welcome researchers giving them all kinds of explanations and offering his help and guidance based on his years as a researcher in this Archive.

In view of his unexpected death, it is worth this small posthumous tribute. I have therefore taken the liberty of asking his good friend, Santiago Luxán, from the University of Las Palmas, to tell us about his academic career.

On behalf of the accounting historians who have approached the Archive you directed: thank you José Manuel.

Fernando Gutiérrez

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"José Manuel Rodríguez Gordillo in the historiography of Spanish tobacco".

At the request of Fernando Gutiérrez I dare to write a few lines, in which I will try to highlight what has meant within the historiography of Spanish tobacco Rodríguez Gordillo, unforgettable historian from Seville, who left us almost two years ago. José Manuel was a professor of Modern History at the University of Seville, where he began as an assistant professor between 1964 and 2007, the year in which he took early retirement to focus on research work.