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

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...

Early life and education

Ramírez Suárez was the fourth son of lawyer and journalist Rafael Ramirez Doreste and his wife Dolores Suárez King, and went to school at the college of Pedro Quevedo, in Castle Street Las Palmas de

, and high school at the Colegio San Agustin in the same city.

Higher education

Ramírez Suárez studied at the

Central University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

to obtain a law degree. 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 Luis Jiménez de Asúa (June 19, 1889 in Madrid – November 16, 1970 in Buenos Aires) was a jurist and Spanish politician. He was vice president of the Spanish parliament and representative of that country before the United Nations. During the ...

Works

*Scraps of professional ethics (1956) *Simulated legal transactions (1955) *Contracts trust in modern law (1954) *Study historical, legal and jurisprudential irrigation water in Canary Islands (1962) *Pulse of Glory (1975) *In the path of my memories (1976)

References

20th-century Spanish lawyers 1902 births 1978 deaths People from Gran Canaria {{Spain-law-bio-stub