Alfredo Chavero (1841â€"1906) was a Mexican archaeologist, politician,
poet, and dramatist. "Perhaps Chavero's most enduring claim to
remembrance rests...on [his] completion and extension of RamÃrez's
plans to republish major native histories and his editorship of
pictorial documents."[1]He has made many investigations relative to
Mexican antiquities, and written Historia Antigua de Mexico, also
several works on Aztec archaeology, especially on ancient monuments.
While making excavations in the pyramids of Cholula, he discovered
some idols that are now in the National Museum of Mexico.He became a
member of the Mexican Congress in 1869, and supported Presidents
Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Manuel González, and
Porfirio DÃaz in succession, notwithstanding their different
policies. On 25 June 1879, the government of Diaz ordered the
execution of nine citizens of Veracruz who were suspected of
conspiracy. This act was severely criticised, and great indignation
was shown against Mier y Terán, who had executed the order, and
against Diaz. Chavero, then grand master of a masonic lodge, and
expelled Mier y Terán from the brotherhood, and suspended Diaz from
his masonic rights. This action gave Chavero great popularity. In
congress Chavero also made a strong speech against Mier and Diaz, but
afterward became one of his adherents. Chavero was elected senator in
1886, and was professor in the mining and law schools of Mexico.He is
the author of the dramas “La Reina Xochitl†and “La tempestad de
un beso,†“Quetzalcoatl,†“Los amores de Alarcón,†“La
hermana de los à vilas,†“El mundo de ahora,†and others. His
books relative to Father Sahagún and to the Sun Stone are often
referred to.
poet, and dramatist. "Perhaps Chavero's most enduring claim to
remembrance rests...on [his] completion and extension of RamÃrez's
plans to republish major native histories and his editorship of
pictorial documents."[1]He has made many investigations relative to
Mexican antiquities, and written Historia Antigua de Mexico, also
several works on Aztec archaeology, especially on ancient monuments.
While making excavations in the pyramids of Cholula, he discovered
some idols that are now in the National Museum of Mexico.He became a
member of the Mexican Congress in 1869, and supported Presidents
Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Manuel González, and
Porfirio DÃaz in succession, notwithstanding their different
policies. On 25 June 1879, the government of Diaz ordered the
execution of nine citizens of Veracruz who were suspected of
conspiracy. This act was severely criticised, and great indignation
was shown against Mier y Terán, who had executed the order, and
against Diaz. Chavero, then grand master of a masonic lodge, and
expelled Mier y Terán from the brotherhood, and suspended Diaz from
his masonic rights. This action gave Chavero great popularity. In
congress Chavero also made a strong speech against Mier and Diaz, but
afterward became one of his adherents. Chavero was elected senator in
1886, and was professor in the mining and law schools of Mexico.He is
the author of the dramas “La Reina Xochitl†and “La tempestad de
un beso,†“Quetzalcoatl,†“Los amores de Alarcón,†“La
hermana de los à vilas,†“El mundo de ahora,†and others. His
books relative to Father Sahagún and to the Sun Stone are often
referred to.
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