Pedro Laín Entralgo

Pedro Laín Entralgo studied at University of Zaragoza, University of Valencia and Universidad Central. José María López Piñero is recorded as having studied under Pedro Laín Entralgo. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are dramaturgy and essay. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Employment is recorded with University of Madrid. Positions recorded include Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid and procurador en Cortes. Distinctions recorded are Commission of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows, Grand Cross of the Order of Cisneros, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse.

• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Name — Pedro Laín • Birth Name — Pedro Laín Entralgo • Born — 15 February 1908 • Birthplace — Urrea de Gaén (Teruel), Spain • Died — 5 June 2001 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain Pedro Laín Entralgo (15 February 1908 – 5 June 2001) was a Spanish physician, historian, author and philosopher. He worked, fundamentally, on medical history and anthropology.

He was born in Urrea de Gaén (Teruel, Spain) in 1908. He obtained the degrees of Medicine and Chemical Sciences in the Central University of Madrid, and PhD in Medicine with the dissertation: "El problema de las relaciones entre la medicina y la historia" (The problem of the relationships between medicine and history". During the Spanish Civil War he contributed to Arriba España. In the context of the Spanish Civil postwar period, he became an important member of the intellectual circle of the Falange. In 1942 he obtained the first chair of History of Medicine in the country, at the Central University of Madrid. He held the chair until 1978 when he retired as professor emeritus. In 1951, during the period of Joaquín Ruiz-Jiménez as Ministry of education, he became rector of the institution, creating a circle of certain political openness. He remained the rector until 1956. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, the Royal National Academy of Medicine (elected 1946) and of the Royal Academy of History (elected 1956). He obtained the Prince of Asturias award for Communication and Humanities in 1989 and was awarded with the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize in 1991.

He was able to attract a good number of physicians around him who began to professionalize the History of Medicine (and, later, of science) in Spain. They stand out, among them, Luis S. Granjel (1920–2014), professor at the University of Salamanca, José María López Piñero (1933–2010) in Valencia, Juan Antonio Paniagua Arellano (1920–2010) in Navarra and Agustín Albarracín Teulón (1922–2001) and Diego Gracia Guillén (born in 1941), at the Complutense University of Madrid.

He was employed by University of Madrid. Recorded positions include Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid, procurador en Cortes, full professor, Member of the Royal Spanish Academy and Director de la Real Academia Española. He belonged to Royal Spanish Academy, Royal Academy of History, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Consejo de la Hispanidad and German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He worked at Madrid.