Benito Madariaga de la Campa (1931-2019), Honorary President of the Menéndez Pelayo Society

Abstract

This obituary pays tribute to Benito Madariaga de la Campa. He was Honorary President of the Menéndez Pelayo Society. He has also been one of the most outstanding figures in the culture of Cantabria of the last sixty years, in fields as diverse as prehistory, archaeology, ethnography, history. In his articles and lectures he was interested in characters, authors, institutions and topics in the history and culture of Cantabria. He also served as Member and Secretary of the Cultural Institution of Cantabria, Member of the Board of Work and Librarian of the Center for Mountain Studies, Secretary of the Ateneo de Santander, among others.