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Thursday, November 29, 2007

From wikipedia:
Andrés Bello (Caracas, Venezuela, November 29, 1781 – Santiago, Chile, October 15, 1865) Venezuelan humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose work constitutes an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the 2,000 Venezuelan bolívars and the 20,000 Chilean pesos notes.

Bello studied Liberal Arts, Law and Medicine at the University of Caracas and became known for his early writings and translations, edited the Caracas Gazette and held important offices in the government of the Captaincy 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.

Read more about Andrés Bello and read some of his poetry, free from oldpoetry.com