Author · Venezuela
Andrés Bello
Died in 1865
Andrés Bello was born in Caracas on 29 November 1781 and for a time gave lessons to the young Simón Bolívar. Sent to London in 1810 by the junta of his city, he remained there for nineteen years, lived on lessons, proofreading and secretarial posts with American legations, and published reviews intended for the continent. Settled in Chile in 1829, he drafted the civil code there, was the first rector of the University of Chile and in 1847 produced a grammar of American Spanish that long remained authoritative. He died in Santiago on 15 October 1865.
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- PoetryThe Agriculture of the Torrid ZoneSilva a la agricultura de la zona tórridaAndrés Bello · 1826LiteraturePublic domain