Wenceslao Roces, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wenceslao Roces

Spanish politician, historian and translator (1897-1992)

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Date of Death: 28-Mar-1992

Profession: politician, jurist, historian, translator, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wenceslao Roces Suárez (3 February 1897 – 29 March 1992) was a Spanish professor of Roman law, a prolific translator and undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts.
He was a committed Marxist, and had to leave Spain after the Spanish Civil War (1936–39).
While in exile he taught at the University of Santiago, the University of Havana and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
He returned to Spain and became a Senator for Asturias for a while before returning to Mexico, where he died.