Edmundo O'Gorman (* November 24, 1906 in Mexico City Р+ September 28, 1995 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, historian and philosopher. Jump to: navigation, search November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de M̩xico) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de M̩xico), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level... Jump to: navigation, search September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was the brother of architect Juan O'Gorman and the son of painter and mining engineer Cecil Crawford O'Gorman who arrived in Mexico from Ireland in 1895. He was also the grandson of Charles O'Gorman, the first British consul to Mexico City and later married a Mexican citizen. He graduated in Law (1928) and with doctorates in Philosophy (1948) and in History (1951) from the UNAM where he was also a faculty member. He worked for the National General Archives between 1938 y 1952 and wrote several books between 1951 and 1986. He became a member of the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language in 1969 and of the Mexican Academy of the Corresponding History of the Real of Madrid, corporation of which he became of director of from 1972 to 1987. He resigned after disagreements over concepts such as the "discovery of America", "encounter between two worlds", "cultural fusion" (or "natural mixing"), names he rejected and instead prefered the terms "empowerment", "domination" and others more according with history. Juan OGorman (1905 - 1982) was a Mexican artist, both a painter and an architect. ... Mining Engineering is a field that involves many of the other engineering disciplines as applied to extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring environment. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... Jump to: navigation, search Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. ... ... The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; abbreviation: UNAM) was founded in 1551, and is now the largest university in Latin America and it is considered the best University of this region based on the Beijing University and the London Times suplemments. ...

Awards

• Honoris causa from the UNAM (1978)
• Premio UNAM a la Docencia en Humanidades (1986)
• Premio de Historia Rafael Heliodoro Valle (1983)
• Premio Nacional de Letras (1964)
• Recognition by the government of Poland.

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Books

• Destierro de Sombras (1986)
• La incógnita de la llamada "Historia de los indios de la Nueva España", atribuida a Fray Toribio Motolinia (1982)
• México el trauma de su historia (1977)
• Guías de las actas del cabildo de la ciudad de México. Siglo XVI (1970)
• 50 años de revolución (1962)
• La supervivencia política novohispana (1961)
• Invención de América (1958)
• Coautor de Precedentes y sentido de la revolución de Ayutla (1954)
• Fundamentos de la historia de América (1951)
• Dos concepciones de la tarea histórica (1951)

See also

• Irish Mexicans

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External links

• (es) Profile at the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language.
• (es) [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00047/lac-00047.html
• Irish-Mexican brothers: Edmundo and Juan O'Gorman at the Society for Irish Latin American Studies.