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The Complutense University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, Universidad de Madrid, Universidad Central de Madrid; Latin: Universitas Complutensis Matritensis) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid. It enrolls over 86,000 students, making it the eighth largest non-distance European university by enrollment. By Royal Decree of 1857, the Central University was the first and only institution in Spain authorized to grant doctorate degrees throughout the Spanish Empire. In 1909, the Central University became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate degree to a woman. It was renamed as Universidad de Madrid ('University of Madrid') in 1943. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Authors educated at Complutense University of Madrid 104
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José Rizal
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Mario Vargas Llosa
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José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras
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Luis Eleizalde
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Antonio Luna
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Antonio Millán-Puelles
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Luis Rafael Sánchez
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Jacinto Benavente
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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Miguel de Unamuno
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Alberto Garzón
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Xavier Alcalá
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Marina Mayoral
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César Fernández García
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Lucía Etxebarria
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Elvira Lindo
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Almudena Grandes
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Javier Marías
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Alonso Gutiérrez
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Jesús Huerta de Soto
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Juan José Millás
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Juan Manuel de Prada
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Pedro Paterno
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Diego Abad de Santillán
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David Trueba
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Henrike Knörr
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Alfonso Vallejo
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Fernando León de Aranoa
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Garcia de Orta
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Javier Sierra
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Mercedes Gallego
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Gotzon Garate
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