Describing Someone

I have always admired my grandfather because he has been the strongest person I have ever known. He was a tall and very thin man with dark brown hair and eyes who loved reading and reciting poems from famous authors from memory.When he was young he was brave enough to create the first school in a town near Orihuela called La Aparecida.  He had observed that most children in the town, could not afford going to school because they had to go to Orihuela. Therefore, without even knowing if the government would accept, he created the school with his own savings. He was so generous that he changed his whole house into a beautiful school, and the government appreciated so much the idea, that they did not just gave him the money he had spent back, but also made him the headteacher. However, later he was told that if he wanted to continue in that position he had to learn Valenciano and as he has always been so intelligent and retailer, he learnt it in less than 3 months. All this makes me feel that my grandfather has always been and will be a spectacular and great person.