Gregorio Marañón
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'''Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo''' was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[physician]], [[scientist]], [[historian]], [[writer]] and [[philosopher]]. He was born in [[Madrid]] on [[19 May]] [[1887]], where he died on [[27 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 Spanish [[Communism]].
Son of a [[jurist]], his mother died when he was three years old. He grew up as an avid reader, and learned [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]]. From a very early age he was in contact with the intellectual circles of the time due to his father's friendships with [[José María de Pereda]], [[Alfredo Vicenti]], [[Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo]] and [[Benito 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 in [[endocrinology]] and became professor of that specialty in [[Complutense 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 between [[Psychology]] and Endocrinology.
== Books ==
* ''Tiberius: A Study in Resentment'' (1956) - translated from ''Tiberio: Historia de un resentimiento'' (1939)
== References ==
* {{es}} [http://es.geocities.com/humanismo7/biografia.htm biography]
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