Augusto Mijares

Augusto Mijares
Minister of Education of Venezuela
In office 1949–1950
President	Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Ambassador to Spain
In office 1950–1953
Succeeded by	Simón Becerra
Personal details
Born	12 November 1897 Villa de Cura, Aragua
Died	29 June 1979 (aged 81) Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse(s)	Matilde Felce Cottin
Profession	writer, historian, schoolteacher, lawyer
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Salvador Augusto Mijares Izquierdo (12 November 1897 - 29 June 1979), was a Venezuelan lawyer, historian, writer, educator and journalist. He is best known for his biography about Simón Bolívar, entitled El Libertador.^[1] He was a member of the Venezuelan Academy of History (1947), the National Academy of Political Science (1960) and the Venezuelan Academy of Language (1971).

Bibliography

• 1927 La patria de los venezolanos en 1750
• 1938 La interpretación pesimista de la sociología hispanoamericana
• 1940 Hombres e ideas de América
• 1943 Educación
• 1955 La luz y el espejo
• 1961 Ideología de la Revolución Emancipadora
• 1963 Lo afirmativo venezolano
• 1964 El Libertador (biography of Simón Bolívar)
• 1967 La evolución política de Venezuela
• 1971 Longitud y latitud

Other works included, the biographies of Simón Rodríguez, Fermín Toro, Rafael María Baralt and José Rafael Revenga.

References

1. El Nacional (2002), Rostros y personajes de Venezuela (Spanish)

Further reading

• Simón Alberto Consalvi / Academia Nacional de la Historia (2003), Augusto Mijares: El pensador y su tiempo (Spanish)
• Efemérides venezolanas. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (Spanish)
• Fundación *José Guillermo Carrillo. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (Spanish)
• Venezuela Virtual. "Personajes Ilustres: Augusto Mijares". Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010. (Spanish)