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Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra

Manuel Ancízar Basterra
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4th Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Granadine Confederation
In office
23 November 1861 – 1 December 1862
President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
Preceded by José María Rojas Garrido
Succeeded by José María Rojas Garrido
2nd Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Venezuela
In office
1846–1846
President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
Preceded by Lino de Pombo O'Donell
Succeeded by Antonio María Pradilla Rueda
Personal details
Born Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra
(1812-12-25)25 December 1812
Bogotá, Cundinamarca
Died March 21, 1882(1882-03-21) (aged 69)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca,
United States of Colombia
Resting place Central Cemetery of Bogotá
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Agripina Samper Agudelo
(1857—1882)
Children
Relatives
Alma mater University of Havana
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
Manuel Ancízar
Pen name Alpha
Language Spanish
Period 1845—1882
Genre non-fiction, journalism
Subject Philosophy; Geography, ethnography, and culture of Colombia
Notable works Peregrinación del Alpha por las provincias del norte de La Nueva Granada

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Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra (25 December 1812 — 21 May 1882) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the Chorographic Commission in 1850. He also served as the 4th Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Granadine Confederation, and as the first dean of the National University of Colombia.

Manuel Esteban was born on 25 December 1812 in Fontibon, Bogotá to José Francisco Ancízar y Zabaleta, Spaniard native of Navarre, and Juana Bernarda Basterra y Abaurrea, Spaniard native of Biscay. In 1819 his father, who had served as Corregidor of Zipaquirá under the Viceroy of New Granada, Juan José de Sámano y Uribarri; during the time of the Reconquista, was forced to flee the capital when the Spanish forces fell at the Battle of Boyacá and the victorious forces of General Simón Bolívar entered the capital. The family arrived in Cartagena de Indias, three of Manuel's siblings died in the arduous journey; in 1821 they had to flee again when this Spanish bastion fell to the forces of Admiral José Prudencio Padilla López. The Ancízar Basterra family landed this time in Cuba, a safe Spanish colony, where they remained under much impoverished circumstances as refugees; his mother and his only remaining sibling died few years after. In 1832 he graduated from the University of Saint Jerome in Civil Law, and two years later received his degree in Canon Law. On 4 July 1857 he married Agripina Samper Agudelo, sister of José María and Miguel Samper Agudelo, both writers and prominent politicians in Colombia; together they had five children: Roberto, Pablo, Inés, Jorge, and Manuel.


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