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In Caracas, where he was born, Andres Bello was Simón Bolívar's teacher for a short period of time and participated in the process that led to Venezuelan independence. Being a diplomat for the new independent government that helped establish, he went with Luis López Méndez and Simón Bolívar on their first diplomatic mission to London, the city where he lived between 1810 and 1829.

In 1829, Bello went with his family to Chile. He was hired by the Chilean government and made great works in the field of law and humanities. In Santiago he held positions as a senator and a professor, as well as directing several local newspapers. As a legislator, he was the main promoter and editor of the Civil Code, one of the most innovative and influential American legal works of his time. In 1842, Under his inspiration and with his decisive support the University of Chile was created, an institution of which he became the first rector for more than two decades

Among his main literary works, the Grammar of the Castilian language destined to the use of the Americans (1847) stands out, which is a reference work still indispensable today for grammatical studies. The Principles of the law of people, the poem “Silva to the agriculture of the torrid zone" and the essay summary of The History of Venezuela, are among his other invaluable contributions to literature.

He was born in Caracas, Venezuela on November 29, 1781 and he was the firstborn son of Bartolomé Bello, a lawyer and prosecutor (1758-1804), and Ana Antonia López. In his hometown, he studied the first letters in the academy of Ramón Vanlonsten. He read the classics of the golden age, and from a young age he frequented the Convent of Las Mercedes, where he learned Latin from the hands of Father Cristóbal de Quesada, who died in 1796.

He received a bachelor’s degree in the June of 1800 at what is now The Central University of Venezuela. He also completed unfinished studies in law and medicine and learned English and French on his own. He gave private classes, with the young Simón Bolívar among his students. His translations and adaptations of classic texts gave him prestige, and in 1802 won, by contest, the rank of officer Second Secretary of the colonial government. During the period 1802-1810, Bello became one of the most intellectually influential people in the society of Caracas, standing in performing political work for the colonial administration, besides gaining notoriety as a poet, translating the tragedy Zulima Voltaire. When the first printing press arrived in Caracas in 1808, the great notoriety of Bello made him the ideal candidate to assume the leadership of the newly created Gaceta de Caracas, one of the first Venezuelan publications.

On April 19, 1810, Bello participated in events that helped to spark the independence of Venezuela, including the dismissal of Captain General Vicente Emparan by the Cabildo de Caracas. The Supreme Junta of Caracas, the institution that governed the Captaincy General of Venezuela following the forced resignation of Emparan, immediately named Bello First Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On June 10 of that year, he set sail on a diplomatic mission to London as a representative of the new Republic. He was commissioned, together with Simón Bolívar and Luis López Méndez, to obtain British support for the cause of independence. Bello was chosen for his knowledge and command of the English language, which he had acquired predominantly on his own.