Mexican statesman and historian, born in the state of Guanajuato on the 18th of October 1792. He was graduated at the College of La Concepción, and at the Mexican School of Mines, and traveled through Europe. He was minister of foreign affairs in 1825, and again in 1830. He gave his support to Santa Anna, and became minister of foreign affairs in 1853. He published Dissertations on Mexican History, and also the standard history of that country, Historia de Méjico. He died in Mexico on the 2nd of June 1853.
