Chies y Gomez

(Ramon), Spanish Freethinker, b. Medina de Pomar, Burgos, 13 Oct. 1845. His father, a distinguished Republican, educated him without religion. In ’65 Chies went to Madrid, and followed a course of law and philosophy at the University, and soon after wrote for a Madrid paper La Discus i on . He took an active part in the Revolution of ’65, and at the proclamation of the Republic, ’73, became civil governor of Valencia. In ’81 he founded a newspaper El Voto Nacional , and since ’83 has edited Las Dominicales del Libre Pens a mien to , which he also founded. Ramon Chies is one of the foremost Free thought champions in Spain and lectures as well as writes.