Preceded by Manuel Martinez Baez Name Antonio Leal Political party PRI | Nationality Mexican Succeeded by Pedro de Alba Role Diplomat | |
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Born March 2, 1896San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico ( 1896-03-02 ) Died January 7, 1981, Coyoacan, Mexico Party Institutional Revolutionary Party Books Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art Similar People Adamo Boari, Jesus Silva Herzog, Federico Ernesto Mariscal, Alberto J Pani | ||
Letras de la diplomacia - Antonio Castro Leal (06/05/2015)
Antonio Castro Leal (March 2, 1896 – January 7, 1981) was a Mexican diplomat and intellectual.
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- Letras de la diplomacia Antonio Castro Leal 06052015
- Presenta conaculta la biblioteca antonio castro leal
- Biography
- Main posts held
- Works
- As a translator
- References
Presenta conaculta la biblioteca antonio castro leal
Biography
Antonio Castro Leal was born on March 2, 1896 in San Luis Potosí. He received his licenciate and doctor of law degrees from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and his PhD from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Castro Leal was rector of UNAM in 1929 during the student strikes that ultimately lead to the university becoming autonomous, after which he resigned his post. In 1934 as Director of the Department of Fine Arts he inaugurated the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He lived in Paris from 1949 to 1954 as Mexico's ambassador and executive board member for UNESCO, after which he moved to Coyoacán, in Mexico City, where he lived for the rest of his life. He died on January 7, 1981.
Main posts held
(This is an incomplete list.)
Works
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As a translator
Castro Leal also translated Maurice Dobb's Introduction to Economics for Mexico's Fondo de Cultura Económica.