Francisco Javier Clavijero
Francisco Javier Clavijero was born on September 9, 1731. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Francisco Javier Clavijero
Francisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray, SJ (sometimes Italianized as Francesco Saverio Clavigero; September 9, 1731 – April 2, 1787) was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces in 1767, he went to Italy, where he wrote a valuable work on the pre-Columbian history and civilizations of Mesoamerica and the central Mexican altiplano.