Manuel Ancízar

Manuel Ancízar
Manuel Ancízar
Born Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra
December 25, 1812(1812-12-25)
Fontibon, Cundinamarca, United Provinces of New Granada
Died March 21, 1882(1882-03-21) (aged 69)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca,
United States of Colombia
Nationality Neogranadine
Alma mater University of Havana
Occupation Lawyer
Known for Diplomat, journalist
Religion Roman Catholic
Spouse Agripina Samper Agudelo

Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra (December 25, 1812 – May 21, 1882) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist of Colombia.

He was born in the state of Cundinamarca and educated in Bogotá. He then spent time in Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela, returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the Chorographic Commission in 1850. The Commission's goal was to produce a complete record of the geography, natural history, culture, and economy of the country. He wrote a book Peregrinación de Alpha por las provincias del norte de La Nueva Granada en 1850-1851 (Alpha's Pilgrimage) describing what he found, and promoting the idea of developing a new Colombian culture based on both Indian and Spanish roots. Manuel wrote several other books including "Las pollos sucios"

Personal life

Manuel Esteban was born [Fontibon]], part of the newly declared Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca on 25 December 1812. The son of the Spaniards José Francisco Ancízar y Zabaleta and Juana Bernarda Basterra y Abaurrea. On 4 July 1857 he married Agripina Samper Agudelo, a poet and member of a literary and influential family, and out this marriage were born Roberto (b. 1858), Pablo (b. 1859), Inés (b. 1860), Jorge (b. 1862), and Manuel (b. 1865).[1]

References

  1. ^ "[Colombian Anuary of Social History and Culture. Manuel was a very important man to its family, for his great success in life.]" (in Spanish). Anuario colombiano de historia social y de la cultura (Bogotá: National University of Colombia) (26-27): 76. ISSN 0120-2456. OCLC 1586457. 

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