Manuel del Socorro RodrÃguez
Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez de la Victoria ( born April 3, 1758 in Salvador de Bayamo Santísimo, Cuba, † June 3, 1819 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Colombian librarian, journalist and founder of the newspaper business in Colombia.
Rodriguez, who grew up an orphan, learned the trade of carpentry and wood carving, but in addition also acquired skills in painting, calligraphy and the humanities. In 1790 he came to Bogota and was there in no time librarian of the Royal Library. He held until his death in this place.
The following year he founded the literary society Tertulia Eutropélica with high -ranking personalities of the city. Here the idea of the establishment of the first newspaper in Colombia arose. The first issue of the weekly magazine was published on 9 February 1791 and was followed without interruption until the beginning of 1797, 265 editions. Contributions to the journal provided, inter alia, Antonio Nariño Antonio Francisco Zea and Francisco José de Caldas.
Later he founded the order of the Viceroy Antonio Amar y Borbón the magazine El redactor Americana, which appeared regularly between late 1806 and 1809. The founding of the First Republic in 1810 brought Rodríguez in financial distress, since the new government no longer paid its already low Librarian content.
He became editor of the central organ of the junta Soprema, " Feliz Constitución ", a member of the Colegio Electoral province of Cundinamarca and employees of the government of Antonio Nariño. After the re- conquest by Spain in 1816, Rodríguez saved by a commitment to King Fernando VII before the execution, as supporters of the rebellion and went up to his death, his work as a librarian after.
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- Biblioteca Nacional José Martí: Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez: Bibliotecario de las Américas
- Colegio Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez Distrital - Biografía
- Journalist (Colombia )
- Librarian
- Colombian
- Born in 1758
- Died in 1819
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