Andres Bello

Andrés Bello
Andrés Bello born in November 29, 1781 and he died in October 15, 1865. He was a  Venezuelan humanist, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political andliterary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolivar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes. There is also a decoration, the VenezuelanOrder of Andrés Bello.
Life in Venezuela
 Whose parents descended from people from the Canary Islands, 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. His relationships with both menbecame a major factor in cultivating his ideas for his intellectual career.
Life in England
As First Officer of Venezuela's Foreign Secretariat after the coup on April 19, 1810, he was sent to Londonwith Simón Bolívar serving as Diplomatic Representative to procure funds for the revolutionary effort until 1813. Bello landed at Portsmouth as an attaché to Bolivar's mission on July 11, 1810.[3]Bello had an admittedly hard life throughout his stay in England, though he managed to further develop his ideas and took a particular interest in England's social changes from the industrial andagricultural revolution 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 hislibrary in Grafton Way, as well as of the British Museum. During his lengthy stay in England, he curbed his feelings of homesickness and became contemporaries with thinkers and intellectuals such as...