Andrés Quintana Roo
| Andrés Quintana Roo | |
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| Born |
November 30, 1787 Mérida, Yucatán |
| Died | April 15, 1851 (aged 63) |
| Spouse(s) | Leona Vicario |
Andrés Eligio Quintana Roo (Mérida, Yucatán, November 30, 1787 – Mexico City, April 15, 1851) was a Mexican liberal politician, lawyer and author, and the husband of Leona Vicario. Quintana Roo was one of the most influential men in the Mexican War of Independence and served as a member of the Congress of Chilpancingo. He presided over the Constitutional Assembly, which drafted the Mexican Declaration of Independence in 1813, and he served as a legislator and senator, and Secretary of State, numerous times. Quintana Roo also served as a member of the Mexican Supreme Court and as a member of the Gobierno tripartito ("Tripartite Government") (December 23–31, 1829), and edited and managed the Semanario Patriótico ("Patriotic Weekly"). The Mexican state of Quintana Roo was named after him.
Quintana Roo was born to Don José Matías Quintana and Doña María Ana Roo de Quintana. He studied in the Seminario de San Ildefonso de Mérida where he proved his great capacity as a writer; in 1808, he continued his studies in Mexico City, at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Nueva España ("Royal and Pontifical University of New Spain").
The elder Quintana established the first printing press and printed the first newspapers on the Yucatán Peninsula. This was troublesome for the viceroys of New Spain, and José Matías Quintana was arrested and jailed.
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