Antonio de Solis y Ribadeneyra

Antonio de Solis y Ribadeneyra (1610-1686), dramatist and historian, was born at Alcala de Henares. He studied law at Salamanca, where he began to write plays. He became secretary to the Count of Oropesa, and in 1654 was appointed secretary to Philip IV, and subsequently chronicler of the Indies. He abandoned playwriting after taking orders in 1667. De Solis was the author of Histoire de la conquete du Mexique (1684). He died in Madrid in 1686.

From the guide to the Antonio de Solis: Obras, 17th century, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)