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Aquiles Serdán
Aquiles Serdán Alatriste (2 November 1876 – 18 November 1910) was a Mexican politician. He was born in the city of Puebla, Puebla, and was a supporter of the Mexican Revolution led by Francisco I. Madero. His family was politically active and involved. His grandfather, Miguel C. Alatriste, was a strong liberal during the Reform, and served as governor of the state of Puebla in 1857. During the French Intervention, Alatriste fought against the invaders and their Mexican conservative allies, was captured and executed.David G. LaFrance, "Aquiles Serdán" in ''Encyclopedia or Mexico''. vol. 2, p. 1340-41. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997. His father, Manuel Serdán, was one of the founders of the ''Partido Socialista Mexicano'' (Mexican Socialist Party), and co-authored ''La Ley del Pueblo'' that called for agrarian reform. Manuel Serdán disappeared, perhaps murdered by authorities. Aquiles Serdán was a shoemaker by trade, as was his father, Manuel Serdán. He read Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Serdán
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
