Antonio Nariño

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Colombian independence leader Enlightenment thinker human intellectual journalist politician translator

Antonio Nariño was a Colombian independence leader and intellectual best known for translating and disseminating the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in Spanish America.

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Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal 1
Vicente de Nariño y Vásquez 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Colombian independence leader ⓘ
Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
human ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
translator ⓘ
birthDate 1765-04-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Bogotá ⓘ
surface form: Santa Fe de Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
citizenship Colombian ⓘ
commemoratedBy Nariño Department ⓘ
surface form: Department of Nariño in Colombia

municipalities, institutions, and monuments named after him in Colombia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Gran Colombia ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
deathDate 1823-12-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia ⓘ
familyName Nariño Department ⓘ
surface form: Nariño
father Antonio Nariño self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vicente de Nariño y Vásquez
foughtIn Colombian War of Independence ⓘ
campaigns against royalist forces in southern New Granada ⓘ
fullName Antonio Nariño self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal
givenName Antonio ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
knownFor disseminating the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in Spanish America ⓘ
leadership in the independence of New Granada ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
legacy considered a precursor of Colombian independence ⓘ
regarded as a hero of Colombia ⓘ
mother Catalina Álvarez del Casal ⓘ
movement Colombian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Colombian independence movement

Latin American independence movements ⓘ
surface form: Latin American wars of independence
nativeLanguage Spanish ⓘ
notableEvent imprisonment and exile for revolutionary activities ⓘ
prosecuted by Spanish authorities for printing the Rights of Man ⓘ
notableWork Spanish translation of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
positionHeld Gobernador de Cundinamarca ⓘ
surface form: President of Cundinamarca

Vice President of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Vice President of the Republic of Colombia

military commander in the southern campaign of New Granada ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Magdalena Ortega y Mesa ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombian War of Independence → commander → Antonio Nariño ⓘ
Antonio Nariño → father → Antonio Nariño self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vicente de Nariño y Vásquez
Gran Colombia → founder → Antonio Nariño ⓘ
Antonio Nariño → fullName → Antonio Nariño self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal
Nariño → namedAfter → Antonio Nariño ⓘ