Biography

He belonged to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism and by some is named a revisionist.

In 1955 he obtained a professorship of Pre- and Universal History of Antiquity and the Middle Ages and General Cultural History (Prehistoria e Historia Universal de las Edades Antigua y Media y de Historia General de la Cultura) at Valladolid, where he rose to the posts of dean (1963) and rector (1965). As rector he founded the first chair in theatre at the university. In 1972 the government made him Director General of Universities and Investigation (Universidades e Investigación).

Luis Suárez Fernández was a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history.

He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Oviedo and Valladolid, receiving his doctorate in history on 16 June 1947 from the University of Madrid.

He was elected to medalla nº 4 of the Real Academia de la Historia on 7 May 1993; he took up his seat on 23 January 1994.