1835-1917 ES, Ponteceso
A.k.a. Eduardo María González-Pondal e Abente
Eduardo María González-Pondal Abente (February 8, 1835 – March 8, 1917) was a Galician (Spain) poet, who wrote in both Galician and Spanish.Of Hidalgo origin, Pondal was the youngest of a family of seven. From 1884 onwards he studied Latin in a school in Vilela de Nemiña which belonged to his cleric relative, Cristobal Lago. In 1848, he moved to Santiago de Compostela to study Philosophy and, afterwards, Medicine at University.In 1861, he opted for an official job working for the Crown. He got the job in Asturias, but he left it, and his career as a doctor.