PHILOSOPHER

Simón Rodríguez

1769 - 1854

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Simón Rodríguez (October 28, 1769, Caracas, Venezuela – February 28, 1854, Amotape, Peru), known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a Venezuelan philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor. His mother, Rosalia Rodríguez, was the daughter of an owner of farms and livestock; her father was originally from the Canary Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simón Rodríguez is the 1,021st most popular philosopher (down from 925th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Simón Rodríguez ranks 1,021 out of 1,267Before him are Stanisław Staszic, Achille Mbembe, Jerzy Żuławski, Colotes, Merab Mamardashvili, and Chinmayananda Saraswati. After him are Lysander Spooner, Gabriel Biel, Anselm of Laon, Ivan Aksakov, Arulenus Rusticus, and Michael Oakeshott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Simón Rodríguez ranks 35Before him are François Séverin Marceau, Ignacio Allende, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Garlieb Merkel, and Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Gaetano Savi, George W. Campbell, Utagawa Toyokuni, Jane Marcet, and Vasily Stasov. Among people deceased in 1854, Simón Rodríguez ranks 44Before him are José María Vargas, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Philip Barker-Webb, Émile Souvestre, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, and Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. After him are Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Juan Mora Fernández, Anton Pann, Edward Forbes, Carl Joseph Begas, and Friedrich Eduard Beneke.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Simón Rodríguez ranks 44 out of 183Before him are Luis Herrera Campins (1925), Patricia Velásquez (1971), Wolfgang Larrazábal (1911), Pedro Carmona (1941), Octavio Lepage (1923), and Gustavo Dudamel (1981). After him are Andrew Divoff (1955), Juan Guaidó (1983), Carlos Soublette (1789), Germán Suárez Flamerich (1907), Isaías Medina Angarita (1897), and Gabriela Spanic (1973).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Venezuela

Among philosophers born in Venezuela, Simón Rodríguez ranks 1