Francisco del Paso y Troncoso: Su Mision en Europa 1892-1916

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Author: Zavala Vallado, Silvio Arturo (1909-2014) from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1938 Publisher: Departamiento Automomo de Prensa y Publicidad Place: Mexico City Description: xx+644 pages with frontispiece, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 7") issued in wrappers. From the library of George M Foster . First edition. Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, 1842-1916, sixth son in a family of 10 born to Pedro del Paso y Troncoso and Teodora Medina in Veracruz. He was locally educated for a mercantile career, but in 1867 his family sent him to Mexico City to prepare for a future in Medicine. However, through accident and luck, he turned to preparation a history of medicine in Mexico. He laid out an elaborate plan that encompassed examination of Aztec science as a prelude to that in the colonial and national periods. His completed parts of aboriginal botany, astronomy and medicine appeared in the MNA Anales . He never finished his thesis or received a degree. He was appointed Visitor to the National Museum in 1888, and successively was named acting and then permanent director (1889), a post he nominally held until his death. He reorganized the publication programs, rehabilitated the library and undertook other salutary administrative reforms, as well as sponsoring national scientific expeditions. From 1892 through 1902, he remained directory of the national Museum, on extended leave while in Europe, where he spent 23 years searching out, copying and prepari

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