Andres Bello

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bello and the second or maternal family name is López.
Andrés Bello

Born November 29, 1781
Caracas, Venezuela
Died October 15, 1865 (aged 83)
Santiago, Chile
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Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan humanist,poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolívar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes. There is also a decoration, the Venezuelan Order of Andrés Bello.
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1 Life in Venezuela
2 Life in England
3 Life in Chile
4 Accomplishments5 Notes
[edit]Life in Venezuela

Bello, whose parents descended from people from the Canary Islands,[1] studied Liberal Arts, Law and Medicine at the University of Caracas and graduated on May 9, 1800 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He later became known for his early writings and translations, edited the newspaper Gazeta de Caracas and held important offices in the government of theCaptaincy General of Venezuela. He accompanied Alexander von Humboldt in a part of his Latin American expedition (1800) and was for a short time Simón Bolívar's teacher.[2] His relationships with both men became a major factor in cultivating his ideas for his intellectual career.
Bello spent ten years after his formal education in his homeland of Caracas. He authored two pieces of literary work,Calendario manual y guía universal del forastero en Venezuela para el año de 1810 and the Resumen de la historia de Venezuela .[3]
Both works became widely accepted in Venezuela, and from this point Bello started his career as a poet. As time progressed, Bello further expanded his notions on humanism and conservatism. From his theories and ideas, Bello was eventually hailed as one of the foremosthumanists of his time.
[edit]Life in England

As First Officer of Venezuela's Foreign Secretariat after the coup on April 19, 1810, he was sent to London with Simón Bolívar serving as Diplomatic Representative to procure funds for the revolutionary effort until 1813.[4] Bello landed at Portsmouth as an attache to Bolivar's mission on July 11, 1810.[3] Bello had an admittedly hard life throughouthis stay in England, though he managed to further develop his ideas and took a particular interest in England's social changes from the industrial and agricultural revolution.[3] In order to earn a living while in London, Bello taught Spanish and tutored Lord Hamilton's children.[5] In London, he met Francisco de Miranda and became a frequent visitor of his library in Grafton Way, as well as of theBritish Museum. During his lengthy stay in England, he curbed his feelings of homesickness and became contemporaries with thinkers and intellectuals such as José María Blanco, Bartólome José Gallardo, Vicente Rocafuerte to name a few. He stayed in London for nineteen years acting as a secretary to legations and diplomatic affairs for Chile and Colombia. In his free time he was involved in study,teaching and journalism.[6] An English Heritage blue plaque commemorates Bello at 58 Grafton Way, his Fitzrovia address.[7]
In 1823, Bello published the Biblioteca America with Juan Garcia del Rio which was widely hailed in Europe.[3] In 1826 he published the journal Repertorio Americano to which he frequently contributed as both editor and poet.[5] His two epic poems by which he was made famous,entitled Las Silvas Americanas, were originally published during his time in London around 1826 and documented the emerging culture of the New World. The second of the poems Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida is the most famous of the two, and is a poetic description of South America's tropical lands in a style reminiscent of Virgil, a poet of great influence for Bello.[6] The poems were...