About Rafael Delgado
Lived 1853 – 1914 (aged 60). Rafael Delgado was a Mexican writer, university teacher and playwright.
Rafael Delgado (20 August 1853 – 20 May 1914) was a Mexican author. In 1896, he became a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, occupying the 12th (XII) chair.
Biography Ángel de Jesús Rafael Delgado Sáinz was born on 20 August 1853 in Córdoba, Veracruz, to Pedro Delgado and María de Jesús Sáinz. His parents were religious conservatives and moved the family to Orizaba after increasing liberal sentiment in Córdoba.
Delgado was invited by José López Portillo y Rojas, the governor of Jalisco, to serve as director of the state's department of education, though his arthritis forced him to return to Orizaba shortly afterward.
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Who was Rafael Delgado?
Mexican author (1853–1914)
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Rafael Delgado was born on 20 August 1853 in Córdoba.
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Rafael Delgado died on 20 May 1914 in Orizaba.
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Rafael Delgado was a writer, university teacher and playwright.
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Rafael Delgado was Mexican.
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