Miguel de Unamuno(1864-1936)

Miguel de Unamuno was born at number 16 of the Ronda de Bilbao, in the neighborhood of Seven Streets. In 1900 he was appointed, with only 36 years old, president of the University of Salamanca for the first time, a post he came to hold three times. In 1921 he was appointed rector. His constant attacks on the king and the dictator Primo de Rivera dismiss him do it again and banished to Fuerteventura in February 1924. Although he was later pardoned, Unamuno voluntarily exiled to France; first to Paris and, soon after, to Hendaye in the French Basque Country. He stays until 1930, year in which Primo de Rivera's regime falls. On his return to Salamanca, he entered the city with a tremendous welcome. At the start of the Spanish civil war, initially he supported the rebels but later regret it publicly their support for the uprising. He died suddenly at his home in Bordadores Street (Salamanca), in the evening of December 31, 1936.