Ramiro Villaseñor y Villaseñor
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Ramiro Villaseñor y Villaseñor | |
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| Born | April 25, 1911 |
| Died | April 9, 1991 (aged 79) Guadalajara |
| Occupations | bibliographer, historian |
| Years active | 1950–1988 |
| Spouse | María Guadalupe Béjar Díaz |
Ramiro Villaseñor y Villaseñor (25 April 1911[1] – 9 April 1991[2]), was a Mexican bibliographer and historian.
His parents were engineer–architect and lawyer Arnulfo Villaseñor Carrillo and Carmen Leonor Villaseñor. He studied Elementary School in Guadalajara. His subsequent training was obtained in a self-taught way, since he did not continue with high school studies or finish the commerce studies that he had begun.[3]
He inherited much of his father's personal library. The spontaneous researcher in archives and libraries, from a young age began to frequent gatherings in cafes and to visit the Public Library of the State of Jalisco, located since 1918 at Calle Liceo 60, and then at Calle González Ortega 679, north of downtown Guadalajara. He toured the city of Guadalajara on foot, talked to the inhabitants, visited inns and street food stalls.
As a young man he read numerous books, including some Latin classics; also, Historia particular del estado de Jalisco (Particular History of the State of Jalisco), by Luis Pérez Verdía , Análisis de la Reforma (Analysis of the Reform), by Agustín Rivera, as well as the works by Fyodor Dostoevsky.[1]
He prepared bibliographic files and records of the books that deal with the State of Jalisco, Guadalajara, its history, characters, traditions. Befriended and learned from Adalberto Navarro Sánchez.[4]
