Quotes:Clavigero, Francisco Javier Mariano

Zirkoff, Boris

Clavigero, Francisco Javier Mariano. Mexican historian, b. at Veracruz, September 9, 1721; d. in Bolonia, Italy, April 2, 1787. From early boyhood exhibited great aptitude for languages, and entered the Jesuit novitiate, 1748; completed his philosophical studies in Puebla College, and devoted himself to the study of the antiquities and history of his native land, making himself thoroughly familiar with all existing paintings, manuscripts, and other remains available in his day. On the expulsion of the Jesuits from America in 1767, Clavigero went to Ferrara, Italy, and eventually settled in Bolonia. His chief work was written in Spanish. He himself translated it into Italian, and it was published under the title of Storia Anlica del Messico (Cesena, 1780-81, 4 vols.). Soon after, in 1787, it was translated into English by Chas. Cullen, while the original Spanish text did not appear in print until 1945, being published in Mexico in four volumes. The work is considered invaluable source-material and has been used by later historians and translated into several other languages.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, p. 525