Lucas Alamán

Lucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada ( born October 18, 1792 in Guanajuato, † June 2, 1853 ) was a conservative Mexican politician, historian and mining engineer.

Lucas Alamán came from Guanajuato. Alamáns most effective strongest work is the Historia de México, which several volumes were published 1849-1852. It is one of the standard works of Mexican history. Although politically automatically crucially, he summed up his time under the term " epoch of revolutions of Santa Anna " together to highlight as an overarching political power of that general. After the defeat of Mexico in the late 1840s war against the United States as leader of the Conservative Alamán forced the re-establishment of a monarchy. While looking in Europe for possible candidates for the throne, Antonio López de Santa Anna should transitional assume the presidency, which he did in April 1853.

• Politicians (Mexico)
• Historian
• Mexican
• Born in 1792
• Died in 1853
• Man