Pedro de Ángelis (1784–1859) was an Italian journalist, historian and politician.[1] He had an outstanding performance in Argentina where he founded the newspaper El Lucero.[2]
residence of Buenos Aires where Pedro de Angelis lived.
He was born in Naples, the son of Domenico de Ángelis and Juliet de Rossi, belonging to a noble Italian family.[3] He served in the Napoleonic armies during the French occupation of Naples. He visited and then resided in some European cities, including Paris and Geneva, where he possibly met his wife, the Swiss Mélanie Dayet.
In 1827, he arrived in Buenos Aires where he was in charge of the Imprenta del Estado, and founded several newspapers, among them El Conciliador and El Lucero.[4] From his editorials he supported the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas. In 1833, he published El Restaurador de las Leyes.[5]
Among his best works is included Colección de Obras y Documentos relativos a la Historia Antigua y Moderna de las Provincias del Río de la Plata, a book of several volumes on Argentine history from the beginning of colonization to the Revolution of May, and the Declaration of Independence.[11]
