Carlos Ramírez Suárez

Carlos Ramírez Suárez

Carlos Ramírez Suárez (July 3, 1902 - August 30, 1978) was a Spanish lawyer, writer and chronicler of the island of Gran Canaria.

Childhood and Studies

He was the fourth son of lawyer and journalist Rafael Ramirez Doreste and his wife Dolores Suárez King. He went to school at the college of Pedro Quevedo, in Castle Street Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and high school at the Colegio San Agustin in the same city. For his law degree he studied at the Central University of Madrid. During his time as an undergraduate, he attended the Library of Ateneo de Madrid, where he gave a lecture in 1923 on "D. Benito Perez Galdos and Canary Islands ". While there, he formed a close friendship with Carlo Thousands Augustine, a relationship he maintained throughout his life. In law school he showed a predilection for the criminal branch, and was guided by jurist and professor Luis Jiménez de Asúa, who was awarded the Special Prize in the subject of Criminal.

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