Andres Bello was a towering figure in nineteenth-century Latin America, as influential and as famous there as Thomas Jefferson is in the United States. Poet, politician, educator, essayist, philosopher, he wielded astonishing influence and played a major role in shaping the national identities of newly independent Latin American countries. He held several key government positions, authored Chile's civil code, launched several periodicals, wrote prodigiously on a vast array of subjects, and implemented important educational reforms.
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"Obras," de Andres Bello. Andres Bello fue un filosofo, poeta, traductor, filologo, ensayista, educador, politico y jurista venezolano-chileno (1781-1865)"

Andres de Jesus Maria y Jose Bello Lopez (Caracas, 29 de noviembre de 1781-Santiago, 15 de octubre de 1865) fue un filosofo, poeta, traductor, filologo, ensayista, educador, politico, diplomatico, y jurista venezolano, nacido en la epoca prerrepublicana de la Capitania General de Venezuela, y nacionalizado chileno. Considerado como uno de los humanistas mas importantes de America, contribuyo en innumerables campos del conocimiento. De una profunda educacion autodidacta, nacio en la ciudad de Caracas, Venezuela, donde vivio hasta 1810. Fue maestro del Libertador Simon Bolivar y participo en el...