Biography:Manuel Ancízar

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Manuel Ancízar Basterra
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4th Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Granadine Confederation
In office
23 November 1861 – 1 December 1862
PresidentTomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
Preceded byJosé María Rojas Garrido
Succeeded byJosé María Rojas Garrido
2nd Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Venezuela
In office
1846–1846
PresidentTomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
Preceded byLino de Pombo O'Donell
Succeeded byAntonio María Pradilla Rueda
Personal details
Born
Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra

(1812-12-25)25 December 1812
Bogotá, Cundinamarca
DiedMarch 21, 1882(1882-03-21) (aged 69)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca,
United States of Colombia
Resting placeCentral Cemetery of Bogotá
NationalityColombian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Agripina Samper Agudelo
(1857—1882)
Children
Roberto Ancízar Samper
Pablo Ancízar Samper
Inés Ancízar Samper
Jorge Ancízar Samper
Manuel Ancízar Samper
Relatives
José María Samper Agudelo (brother-in-law)
Miguel Samper Agudelo
(brother-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Havana
ProfessionLawyer
Manuel Ancízar
Pen nameAlpha
LanguageSpanish
Period1845—1882
Genrenon-fiction, journalism
SubjectPhilosophy; Geography, ethnography, and culture of Colombia
Notable worksPeregrinación del Alpha por las provincias del norte de La Nueva Granada

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Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra (25 December 1812 — 21 May 1882) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the Chorographic Commission in 1850.[1] He also served as the 4th Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Granadine Confederation, and as the first president of the National University of Colombia.[1]

Personal life

Manuel Esteban was born on 25 December 1812 in Fontibon, Bogotá to José Francisco Ancízar y Zabaleta, Spaniard native of Navarre, and Juana Bernarda Basterra y Abaurrea, Spaniard native of Biscay. In 1819 his father, who had served as Corregidor of Zipaquirá under the Viceroy of New Granada, Juan José de Sámano y Uribarri; during the time of the Reconquista, was forced to flee the capital when the Spanish forces fell at the Battle of Boyacá and the victorious forces of General Simón Bolívar entered the capital. The family arrived in Cartagena de Indias, three of Manuel's siblings died in the arduous journey; in 1821 they had to flee again when this Spanish bastion fell to the forces of Admiral José Prudencio Padilla López. The Ancízar Basterra family landed this time in Cuba, a safe Spanish colony, where they remained under much impoverished circumstances as refugees; his mother and his only remaining sibling died few years after. In 1832 he graduated from the University of Saint Jerome in Civil Law, and two years later received his degree in Canon Law. On 4 July 1857 he married Agripina Samper Agudelo, sister of José María and Miguel Samper Agudelo, both writers and prominent politicians in Colombia; together they had five children: Roberto, Pablo, Inés, Jorge, and Manuel.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancízar, Manuel. "The Pilgrimage of Alpha (Manuel Ancízar) in the Northern Provinces of New Granada, 1850–51". World Digital Library. http://www.wdl.org/en/item/8984/. Retrieved 2013-12-27. 
  2. "none" (in Spanish). Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura (Bogotá: National University of Colombia) (26–27): 76. ISSN 0120-2456. OCLC 1586457. 

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