MCN Biografías
- Author
- MCN Biografías
- Year
- 2017
- Type
- web page
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- Bibliografía citada
A biographical profile of Pedro de Gante, the Franciscan missionary who arrived in New Spain in 1523 and founded one of the Americas' first schools, widely regarded as the first teacher of the American continent.
This is the MCN Biografías entry on Pedro de Gante (1486-1572), a Franciscan missionary born in Flanders who traveled to New Spain (Mexico) in 1523 together with fellow Franciscans Juan Dekkers and Juan van der Auwera. The page describes him as widely regarded as the first teacher of the Americas: after being assigned to Texcoco, he founded the College of San José (also known as the College of San Francisco), one of the earliest educational institutions on the American continent, and dedicated his life to teaching Indigenous peoples and defending their rights.
Credits: MCN Biografías. (23 de 3 de 2017). MCN Biografías. Obtenido de http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=pedro-de-gante
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