[2][3] In 1927, he finished his secondary studies of Enseñanza Libre at the Instituto San Isidro in Madrid.
[4] He studied both Law and Philosophy and Letters at the Central University, earning a PhD in the latter specialty in 1933,[4] by reading a dissertation titled La convocatoria de Cortes Constituyentes en 1810.
[5] He participated in the so-called Crucero universitario por el Mediterráneo [es].
[6] Before the Civil War, he worked as teacher in Plasencia (serving as director of the Instituto Placentino Elemental de Segunda Enseñanza "Gabriel y Galán").
[9] He also worked in Madrid,[10][1] where he was appointed as director of the Instituto Isabel la Católica [es] in the 1976/1977 academic year.