JOSÉ FAUSTINO SÁNCHEZ CARRIÓN

JOSÉ FAUSTINO SÁNCHEZ CARRIÓN

José Faustino Sánchez Carrión was born in Huamachuco, on February 13, 1787 in Huamachuco. His parents were Agustín Sánchez Carrión and Teresa Rodríguez. He studied law at the Convictorio de San Carlos (Lima), where he had as a teacher to the illustrious Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza. Being Professor of San Carlos criticized the colonial system and spread the Republican ideas.
During the protectorate of don Jose of San Martín (1821-1822) he attacked royalists plans from the newspaper "La bee Republican". Here, he used the pseudonym of "Sayan Solitaire". He was Deputy of the first Constituent Congress and was the Chief Editor of the first Constitution of Peru. When Simón Bolívar arrived in Peru (1823) became his Adviser and Minister General. In 1824 he signed the call for the famous Congress of Panama.

He died of tuberculosis in Lurin, on June 2, 1825.