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Francisco Cervantes de Salazar

1513 – 1575

Spanish writer

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About Francisco Cervantes de Salazar

Lived 1513 – 1575 (aged 61–62). Francisco Cervantes de Salazar was a Spanish and Mexican writer, chronicler, humanist and historian.

Portrait of Francisco Cervantes de Salazar by José de Bustos, Museo Soumaya. Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (1514? – 1575) was a Spanish humanist, writer, and chronicler, considered the first professor of rhetoric at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de México.

Biography He was born in Toledo between 1514 and 1518 into a family of ancient nobility. It is considered one of the earliest historiographical chronicles composed in New Spain. The work was commissioned from Cervantes de Salazar by the cabildo (city council) of Mexico City, which from 1558 granted him an annual salary and the assistance of an amanuensis for its composition. Túmulo imperial de la gran ciudad de México (1560) Epístola dedicatoria al virrey Martín Enríquez (1570) Prólogo al Speculum coniugiorum (1572)

Editions

Chronicle of New Spain:

Mexico in 1554 / Dialogues:

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Important facts

Born

1513, Toledo

Birth century

16th century

Died

14 November 1575, Mexico City

Occupation

Writer, chronicler, humanist, historian

Nationality

Spain, Mexico, New Spain

Education

University of Salamanca

Employers

University of Osuna, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Francisco Cervantes de Salazar's

Edward Wotton

1492 – 1555

Zoologist

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel

1512 – 1580

Courtier

Iñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza

Frequently asked questions

Who was Francisco Cervantes de Salazar?

Spanish writer

When was Francisco Cervantes de Salazar born?

Francisco Cervantes de Salazar was born in 1513 in Toledo.

When did Francisco Cervantes de Salazar die?

Francisco Cervantes de Salazar died on 14 November 1575 in Mexico City.

What was Francisco Cervantes de Salazar's occupation?

Francisco Cervantes de Salazar was a writer, chronicler, humanist and historian.

What nationality was Francisco Cervantes de Salazar?

Francisco Cervantes de Salazar was Spanish and Mexican.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Francisco Cervantes de Salazar

· Wikidata: Q5483256

· DBpedia: Francisco Cervantes de Salazar

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