Miguel Samper Agudelo

Miguel Samper Agudelo
Personal details
Born 24 October 1825(1825-10-24)
Guaduas, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Died 16 March 1899(1899-03-16) (aged 73)
Anapoima, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez (1851-1899)
Relations José María Samper Agudelo (brother)
Agripina Samper Agudelo (sister)
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Samper and the second or maternal family name is Agudelo.

Miguel Samper Agudelo (24 October 1825 — 16 March 1899)[1] was a Colombian lawyer, businessman, and politician. In politics he distinguished himself as a proponent of abolitionism and economic reform, ans as a Liberal candidate for the 1898 Colombian presidential election.

Career

Educated by José Manuel Groot, he later attended Saint Bartholomew College where he studied Civil and Canon law, graduating Juris Doctor in 1844 and receiving the title of Lawyer in 1846.[2]

Personal life

Miguel was born 24 October 1825 to José María Samper Blanco and Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur in the city of Guaduas. Among his siblings, two stand out, Agripina, married to Manuel Ancízar Basterra, and José María, married to Soledad Acosta Kemble, all of whom were writers, journalists and poets. He married María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez on 4 May 1851, the daughter of an Englishman.[3] Together they had ten children, Manuel Francisco, Santiago, María, José María, Margarita, Antonio, Dolores, Joaquín, Tomás María Canuto, and Francisco Ricardo.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gómez Giraldo, Lucella. Melo González, Jorge Orlando. ed (in Spanish). Gran Enciclopedia de Colombia del Círculo de Lectores, tomo de biografías [Great Encyclopaedia of Colombia, Volume of Biographies]. Bogotá: Luis Ángel Arango Library. http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/sampmigu.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 
  2. ^ Samper Agudelo, Miguel (1977). Samper Trainer, Santiago; Charry Samper, Héctor. eds (in Spanish). Selección de escritos. Biblioteca básica colombiana. Inst. Colombiano de Cultura. OCLC 253002491. 
  3. ^ Hincapié Espinosa, Alberto (1994) (in Spanish). Miguel Samper: su personalidad y su pensamiento [Miguel Samper: His Personality and Thinking] (Illustrated ed.). Bogotá: Tres Culturas. ISBN 9789589096291. OCLC 32832409. 
  4. ^ García Vásquez, Julio Cesar. "Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela" (in Spanish). Genealogía Colombiana (Family tree). Interconexion Colombia. http://www.interconexioncolombia.com/documentos/genealogia/tomo4/1.%20GENEALOGIA%20COLOMBIANA/1-4%20%20ERNESTO%20SAMPER%20PIZANO%20FAMILIARES%20Y%20PARENTELA.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-03.