Nicolás Estévanez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Estévanez and the second or maternal family name is Murphy.

Nicolás Estévanez
Minister of War
In office
First Spanish Republic
Personal details
Born(1838-02-17)17 February 1838
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Died19 August 1914(1914-08-19) (aged 76)
Paris, France
Military service
Battles/warsBattle of Tétouan

Nicolás Estévanez Murphy (17 February 1838 – 19 August 1914) was a Spanish military officer, politician, essayist and poet. A federal republican, he briefly served as civil governor of Madrid and as Minister of War in the wake of the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic. A defender of the Africanness of his native Canary Islands, which were a central motif of his written work, he espoused a blend of anti-European, atheist, anticlerical, revolutionary and anarchist ideals. While he showed an unwavering commitment to Spanish patriotism, Estévanez has been reconstructed as a sort of father of Canarian nationalism by Canarian nationalist authors. He was a close collaborator of Francisco Pi y Margall.

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