It was created in 1808 by Napoleon with the aim of honouring the most distinguished members of the University of Paris. Over the years, it became one of the main institutional recognitions for those who promote French education and culture.

Ignacio Ramos graduated in French and English philology by the Universitat de València with an award with special distinction in both degrees and with a doctorate award with special distinction in Philology. Besides, he started as a research grantholder in the UV. After a career in teaching in the University of Castilla-La Mancha for six years, since 2010 he is a member of the French and Italian Philology Department in the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the Universitat de València. For over twenty years, the professor Ramos has conducted a powerful research work in the field of French literature. He used to be a French embassy grantholder, a Fulbright researcher and a manager of the Spanish Research Agency. However, he has now specialised in historiography of contemporary French theatre and in the relationships between the text and the staging.