José López Portillo y Weber (19 April 1889 – 17 January 1974) was a Mexican engineer, historian, investigator and academic. He specialized in the history of

Nueva Galicia Nuevo Reino de Galicia (New Kingdom of Galicia; ) or simply Nueva Galicia (''New Galicia'', ''Nova Galicia''), known in Nahuatl as Chimalhuacán (‘the land of shield bearers’), was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It w ...

and

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

. He was the son of politician

José López Portillo y Rojas José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

and father of president

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

Published works

* ''Historia del petróleo en México'' * ''La conquista de Nueva Galicia'', in 1935. * ''La génesis de los signos de las letras'', in 1935. * ''La rebelión de Nueva Galicia'', in 1939. * ''Guadalajara de fin de siglo'', in 1950. * ''Dinámica histórica de México'', in 1953. * ''

Cristóbal de Oñate Cristóbal de Oñate (1504 — October 6, 1567) was a Spanish Basque explorer, conquistador and colonial official in New Spain. He is considered the founder of the contemporary city of Guadalajara in 1531, as well as other places in Nueva Gali ...

: historia novela'', in 1955. * ''Jalisco y el golpe de estado de Comonfort'', in 1958. * ''Guadalajara, el

Hospicio Cabañas The Hospicio Cabañas () or Cabañas Museum in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco was one of the oldest and largest orphanage and hospital complexes in the Americas. Now turned into a museum, the main hall hosts the magnum opus frescoes of ...

y su fundador'', in 1971.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Portillo y Weber, Jose Writers from Jalisco 1889 births 1974 deaths