Faustino Galicia
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Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca or Faustino Chimalpopoca(tl) Galicia (died 1877) was the most active scholar of the Nahuatl language of the 19th century. Chimalpopoca is a Nahuatl name usually translated as "smoking shield", also borne by the third Aztec ruler. Under the Second Mexican Empire, he was appointed as an advisor to the government.[1] After the fall of the Empire, and the restoration of the Mexican Republic, he was exiled to France, but later returned to Mexico. He died in 1877.
Published works
- Silabario de idioma mexicano (1849)
- Epítome o modo fácil de aprender el idioma nahuatl o lengua mexicana (1869)
References
- ^ McAllen, M.M. (8 January 2014). Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico. Trinity University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9781595341853.
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