Juan Negrín

Physician, physiologist and politician · 1892–1956

Juan Negrín
ContemporáneaPolitics19th CenturyRepublican head of government

Physician, physiologist and politician

Physician, physiologist and politician born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Trained in Germany and a professor of physiology in Madrid, he served as a Republican deputy and as head of the Second Republic's government during the Civil War.

Early life

Juan Negrín López was born on 3 February 1892 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The Fundación Juan Negrín documents his medical training in Germany: he began Medicine in Kiel in 1907, continued in Leipzig and received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig on 3 August 1912.

Historical role

In Madrid he directed the General Physiology Laboratory, located in the basements of the Residencia de Estudiantes. His 1920 Madrid thesis, preserved by the Universidad Complutense, was titled El tono vascular y el mecanismo de la acción vasotónica del esplácnico.

Legacy

The Spanish Congress documents his election as deputy for Las Palmas in 1936. His political trajectory links him to the Republican parliamentary world and to the leadership of the Second Republic's government during the Civil War.

Timeline

  1. 1892Juan Negrín is born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
  2. 1937Manuel Azaña asked him to form a government after Largo Caballero's resignation.
  3. 1937He became prime minister of the Second Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
  4. 1956Juan Negrín dies in Paris.

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