García, Genaro, 1867-1920

Attorney, historian, writer, educator, bibiophile. Born August 17, 1867; died November 26, 1920. Received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in 1891. Representative to Congreso de la Unión, 1892-1899. Director of Museo Nacional de Historia, Arqueología y Etnología. Director of Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Major publications include: Colección de documentos inéditos o muy raros para la historia de México (1905-1911), Documentos históricos mexicanos (1910-1911), and an edition of Bernal Díaz del Castillo's Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España transcribed from the original manuscript (1904).

From the description of Genaro García Photograph Collection, [18--]-[1920]. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 29763305

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