11) Maranon, Gregorio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Marańón, Gregorio, (grago´reo maranyon´) (KEY) , 1887-1960, Spanish essayist, b. Madrid. A physician and professor of endocrinology, he used his scientific knowledge...
12) Prado. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Prado, (pra´do, Span. pra´tho) (KEY) , national Spanish museum of painting and sculpture, Madrid, one of the finest in Europe. Situated on the Paseo del Prado, it...
13) Alcala de Henares. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alcalá de Henares, (alkala´ da ana´ras) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 155,548), Madrid prov., central Spain, on the Henares River. Chemicals, plastics, electrical appliances,...
14) Ochoa, Severo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(sava´ro ocho´a) (KEY) , 1905-93, American biochemist and educator, b. Spain, M.D. Univ. of Madrid, 1929. After teaching at the universities of Madrid, Heidelberg,...
15) Sastre, Alfonso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sastre, Alfonso, (alfon´so sa´stra) (KEY) , 1926-, Spanish dramatist, essayist, and critic, b. Madrid. Approaching his work from a Marxist and existentialist point...
16) Arrabal, Fernando. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(farnan´do arabal´) (KEY) , 1932-, French playwright, b. Melilla, Morocco. He studied law in Madrid before moving to Paris in 1954. His plays, which reflect his abhorrence...
17) Salmeron y Alonso, Nicolas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...e alon´so) (KEY) , 1838-1908, Spanish statesman and philosopher. A professor at Oviedo and Madrid universities and a convinced republican, he became, after the expulsion...
18) Domenchina, Juan Jose. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Domenchina, Juan José, (hwan hosa´ domanche´na) (KEY) , 1898-1959, Spanish poet and critic, b. Madrid. He was active in the transition from modernismo to the "new...
19) Churriguera, Jose Benito. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(hosa´ bane´to choor-rega´ra) (KEY) , 1665-1725, Spanish architect and sculptor. A native of Madrid, he won fame for his design (1689) of the great catafalque for...
20) Tagus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , Span. Tajo, Port. Tejo, river, c.585 mi (940 km) long, rising in the mountains E of Madrid, E Spain, and draining the central part of the Iberian Peninsula....
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