- Felix Restrepo Mejía
Felix Restrepo Mejía S. J. (1887 - 1965); was a
Jesuit priest , writer, pedagogue, classicalscholar and humanist. Born inMedellín .Colombia , he was educated in Jesuit schools in this city and inBurgos andOña . (Spain ) andMunich ,Germany .He was
rector of thePontificia Universidad Javeriana , also a Jesuit school, inBogotá , between 1940 and 1949. By initiative ofJorge Eliecer Gaitán , (Minister of Education and later candidate the to the presidency of Colombia, assassinated in 1949) founded the "Ateneo Nacional de Altos Estudios" (National Athenaeum of Higher Learning) which became later theInstituto Caro y Cuervo [http://www.caroycuervo.gov.co/htdocs/resena.html] , one of the most prestigious philological and linguistic research institutions in theSpanish language .External links
* [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/letra-b/biogcircu/restfeli.htm Rubén Páez Patiño. 1966. Restrepo, Felix S. J. Noticias Culturales, N° 61, 1966. Gran Enciclopedia de Colombia. Círculo de Lectores]
* [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/letra-a/autobiog/auto29.htm Felix Restrepo S. J. Autobiografía]
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