Santos Juliá | |
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Born | 16 September 1940
Ferrol |
Died | 23 October 2019
(aged 79) Majadahonda |
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Position held | Director General of Books and Libraries (1991–1991), professor (1989–) |
Santos Juliá Díaz (16 September 1940 – 23 October 2019) was a Spanish historian and sociologist.
Born in Ferrol in 1940, [1] he spent some of his first years in Vigo, moving soon to Seville, [2] where he studied at the Instituto San Isidoro. [3] He took studies in Theology, but graduated in Sociology. [2] He was a strong admirer of Manuel Azaña. [2]
Juliá joined the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) as lecturer in 1979, [2] earning a PhD in Political Science and Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid [4] with a dissertation elaborated in the 1980s. [5] Since 1980, Juliá wrote pieces as columnist for El País. [6] He obtained the Chair of Social History and Political Thought at the UNED in 1989. [7] He died on 23 October 2019 in Majadahonda (Madrid). [8] [9]
Santos Juliá | |
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Born | 16 September 1940
Ferrol |
Died | 23 October 2019
(aged 79) Majadahonda |
Alma mater | |
Employer | |
Awards | |
Position held | Director General of Books and Libraries (1991–1991), professor (1989–) |
Santos Juliá Díaz (16 September 1940 – 23 October 2019) was a Spanish historian and sociologist.
Born in Ferrol in 1940, [1] he spent some of his first years in Vigo, moving soon to Seville, [2] where he studied at the Instituto San Isidoro. [3] He took studies in Theology, but graduated in Sociology. [2] He was a strong admirer of Manuel Azaña. [2]
Juliá joined the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) as lecturer in 1979, [2] earning a PhD in Political Science and Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid [4] with a dissertation elaborated in the 1980s. [5] Since 1980, Juliá wrote pieces as columnist for El País. [6] He obtained the Chair of Social History and Political Thought at the UNED in 1989. [7] He died on 23 October 2019 in Majadahonda (Madrid). [8] [9]