Francisco Morales Padrón
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Francisco Morales Padrón (1924 – 15 November 2010) was a Spanish historian recognized for his extensive research on the history of the Spanish Empire and aspects of 19th-century Spanish politics.
Padrón was born in Santa Brígida on Gran Canaria. Morales Padrón began his studies at the University of La Laguna and later moved to Seville, where he earned a degree in History of the Americas in 1949. Following his graduation, he held a scholarship at the Escuela de Estudios Hispanoamericanos and worked as an assistant in the library of José Antonio Calderón Quijano. In 1952, he completed his doctoral thesis in Madrid titled Jamaica española.[1]
After obtaining his doctorate, Morales Padrón collaborated with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)[2] and served as Professor of the Chair of History of Geographical Discoveries at the University of Seville from 1958 to 1988. He held the title of Emeritus Professor from 1988 until 2006. During his tenure at the university, he served as Vice Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, as well as Vice Dean of the Escuela de Estudios Hispanoamericanos.[1] He also directed the Department of History of the Americas from 1972 to 1978 and served as editor of Historiografía Americanista and the Anuario de Estudios Americanos from 1950 to 1975.[3] In 1976, he began organizing the Canarian-American history colloquia at the Casa de Colón in Las Palmas, which became a leading center for Americanist research.[4]
Morales Padrón frequently participated in international Americanist meetings in Europe and the Americas.[1] He also taught and conducted research at universities outside Spain, including those in Florence, Puerto Rico, Warsaw, and San Miguel de Tucumán, as well as at the Universidad Hispanoamericana de Santa María de la Rábida and the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas.[2]
