Pedro Laín Entralgo

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(February 15, 1908 - June 5, 2001)

Pedro Laín Entralgo is an outstanding Spanish medical researcher and humanist of the 20th century. He won the Prince of Asturias award in 1989 for Communication and Humanities.

In 1964 he entered the Royal Academy of History. In 1982 and 1987 he chaired the Royal Spanish Academy of the Spanish Language.

He has been a numerary member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine since 1946.

Pedro Laín has published many important works, among them the "Historia universal de la Medicina".

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