José de Espronceda

José de Espronceda, also known as José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado, was born on March 25, 1808, in Almendralejo, Spain. He was a Spanish Romantic poet and became widely known for his epic poem “El estudiante de Salamanca,” published in 1837, and Poesías (Imprimerie de H. Fournier, 1840). De Espronceda died on May 23, 1842, in Madrid.