José Manuel Marroquín

Jose Manuel Marroquin (Bogotá, August 6, 1827 - September 19, 1908) was a Colombian political figure and writer. He started studying literature and philosophy at the age of five. He went on to study jurisprudence at the College of San Bartolomé. Co-founder of Academia Colombiana de la Lengua with Miguel Antonio Caro and José María Vergara, he was first vice-president of the Republic of Colombia in 1898 and elected president thereafter by 1900 and... more

Jose Manuel Marroquin (Bogotá, August 6, 1827 - September 19, 1908) was a Colombian political figure and writer. He started studying literature and philosophy at the age of five. He went on to study jurisprudence at the College of San Bartolomé. Co-founder of Academia Colombiana de la Lengua with Miguel Antonio Caro and José María Vergara, he was first vice-president of the Republic of Colombia in 1898 and elected president thereafter by 1900 and re-elected in 1904. Apart from his political involvement, he was a writer, having published many books and collection of poems in Spanish. less