- Gregorio Marañón
Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo was a Spanish
physician ,scientist ,historian ,writer andphilosopher . He was born inMadrid on19 May 1887 , where he died on27 March 1960 . He married Dolores Moya in 1911, they had four children (Carmen, Belén, María Isabel and Gregorio).An austere, humanist and liberal man, he is considered one of the most brilliant Spanish intellectuals of the 20th century. He also stands out for his elegant literary style. He was a Republican, fought the
Miguel Primo de Rivera dictatorship though he later showed his disagreement with SpanishCommunism .Son of a
jurist , his mother died when he was three years old. He grew up as an avid reader, and learned English, French and German. From a very early age he was in contact with the intellectual circles of the time due to his father's friendships withJosé María de Pereda ,Alfredo Vicenti ,Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo andBenito Perez Galdós among others.In Medical School he had five great teachers:
Federico Olóriz Aguilera ,Santiago Ramón y Cajal , Juan Madinaveitia, Manuel Alonso Sañudo and Alejandro San Martín y Satrústegui. He specialized inendocrinology and became professor of that specialty inComplutense University in Madrid since 1931. He founded the Institute of Medical Pathology and was president of the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and the Institute of Biological Research. He contributed to establish a relationship betweenPsychology and Endocrinology.Books
* "Tiberius: A Study in Resentment" (1956) - translated from "Tiberio: Historia de un resentimiento" (1939)
References
* [http://es.geocities.com/humanismo7/biografia.htm biography]
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