What is Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo?
[[Image:Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo, por Kaulak.jpg|right|150px]] '''Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo''' (November 3, 1856 – May 19, 1912<ref>[http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1912/05/21/pagina-11/33360231/pdf.html?search=marcelino Fallecimiento de Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo] Hemeroteca de La Vanguardia. Edición del martes, 21 mayo 1912, página 11 (in Spanish)</ref>) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] scholar, historian and literary [[critic]]. Even though his main interest was the [[History of ideas]], and Hispanic [[philology]] in general, he also cultivated [[poetry]], [[translation]] and [[philosophy]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Menendez Pelayo, Marcelino}} [[Category:Spanish writers]] [[Category:1856 births]] [[Category:1912 deaths]]