Marcelino Menéndez Pintado

Marcelino Juan Menéndez Pintado (Castropol, Asturias, September 26, 1823 - Santander, Cantabria, May 13, 1899) was a Spanish professor, mathematician and politician.

Biography He was born on September 26, 1823, in the Asturian municipality of Castropol; son of Francisco Antonio Menéndez (Lavandera, 1787-Santander, 1865), retired as a postmaster of Torrelavega, and Josefa Pintado. He married María Jesús Pelayo y España in the church of La Compañía in 1851, when he was 28 years old and she was one year younger;

He studied at the University of Oviedo and the Central University of Madrid. In March 1846, he was an interim professor of mathematics in Soria. In 1851, at the age of 28, he was a substitute professor of Commerce at the Santander Institute. The following year he became a permanent professor of Mathematics, while also serving as vice-director of the center.

Published Works

Principles of Arithmetic and Algebra and Principles of Geometry and Trigonometry