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Augusto Mijares | |
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Minister of Education of Venezuela | |
In office 1949–1950 | |
President | Carlos Delgado Chalbaud |
Ambassador to Spain | |
In office 1950–1953 | |
Succeeded by | Simón Becerra |
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Born | Villa de Cura, Aragua | 12 November 1897
Died | 29 June 1979 Caracas, Venezuela | (aged 81)
Spouse | 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 El Libertador, his biography of Simón Bolívar.[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).
Mijares's other works include biographies of Simón Rodríguez, Fermín Toro, Rafael María Baralt and José Rafael Revenga.