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León-Portilla died in Mexico City on 1 October 2019 after having been hospitalized for much of the year. The federal Secretariat of Culture announced that his body would lie in state on 3 October 2019 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes .
On October 1, Miguel León-Portilla, a distinguished Mexican scholar and collaborator of the Academy of American Franciscan History, died in Mexico City at age 93. * The best words I have found to acknowledge the breadth of his academic activities are those of another distinguished Franciscan scholar, the late fray Lino Gómez Canedo.
Apr 2, 2020 · In Memoriam: Miguel León-Portilla, 1926–2019. Francisco Morales (bio) O n October 1, Miguel León-Portilla, a distinguished Mexican scholar and collaborator of the Academy of American Franciscan History, died in Mexico City at age 93.*.
After a long hospital stay, Mexican historian and philosopher Miguel León-Portilla passed away on October 1, 2019, at the age of 93.
Nov 30, 2014 · Miguel León-Portilla was a Mexican anthropologist and historian. He was one of the most reputable and commonly cited authorities on Aztec culture and literature in the pre-Columbian and colonial eras among Mexican academia. Many of his works have been translated to English and are widely read.
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Oct 1, 2020 · Ethnohistory (2020) 67 (4): 671–677. Dr. Miguel León-Portilla was the dean of Nahuatl studies. He passed away following a rich and full life on 1 October, 2019. With his passing the field of Nahuatl and Mexica studies has lost its star.
Jan 1, 2002 · January 1, 2002. Miguel León-Portilla. Miguel León-Portilla is a man smiled upon by the gods, or the muses—Clio, in particular. It was his good fortune as a young boy to have enjoyed the friendship of his uncle, Manuel Gamio, founder of Teotihuacán archaeology and of modern anthropology in Mexico. It was undoubtedly this uncle who ...
