Miguel Samper Agudelo

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1825|10|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Guaduas, Cundinamarca, Colombia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1899|03|16|1825|10|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Anapoima, Cundinamarca, Colombia

| resting_place = Central Cemetery of Bogotá

| occupation = Lawyer, politician

| language = Spanish

| nationality = Colombian

| alma_mater = College of Saint Bartholomew
(JD, 1846)

| period = 1855—1899

| genre = non-fiction, journalism

| subject = Politics and economy of Colombia

| notableworks = Escritos político-económicos

| spouse = María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez (1851–1899)

| children = {{hidden||Manuel Francisco Samper Brush
Santiago Samper Brush
María Samper Brush
José María Samper Brush
Margarita Samper Brush
Antonio Samper Brush
Dolores Samper Brush
Joaquín Samper Brush
Tomás María Samper Brush
Francisco Ricardo Samper Brush}}

| relatives = {{hidden||José María Samper Agudelo (brother)
Agripina Samper Agudelo (sister)
Soledad Acosta Kemble
(sister-in-law)
Manuel Ancízar Basterra
(brother-in-law)
Bertilda Samper Acosta
(niece)}}

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Miguel Samper Agudelo (24 October 1825 – 16 March 1899) was a Colombian lawyer, politician, and writer. In Colombian politics he distinguished himself as a proponent of abolitionism and economic reform, was elected Member of the Chamber of Representatives, and rose to prominence in the Liberal party ultimately being nominated by the Liberal Party as their candidate for the 1898 Colombian presidential election.

Personal life

Miguel was born on 24 October 1825 in Guaduas, Cundinamarca to José María Samper Blanco and María Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur;{{cite web|last1=Gómez Giraldo|first1=Lucella|editor1-first=Jorge Orlando|editor1-last=Melo González|title=Samper Agudelo, Miguel|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/sampmigu.htm|access-date=8 December 2012|publisher=Luis Ángel Arango Library|location=Bogotá|language=es}}{{cite book |last1=Martínez Silva|first1=Carlos|title=El Gran ciudadano|year=1975|publisher=Imprenta Antonio Nariño|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=4570557}} the eight and youngest of their children. To of his siblings stand out: Agripina, who married Manuel Ancízar Basterra; and José María, who married Soledad Acosta Kemble; all of whom were writers in their own right. On 4 May 1851 Miguel married María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez, the American born daughter of an Englishman and his Neogranadine wife. Of this union were born ten children: Manuel Francisco, Santiago, María, José María, Margarita, Antonio, Dolores, Joaquín, Tomás María Canuto, and Francisco Ricardo.{{cite web |url=http://www.interconexioncolombia.com/documentos/genealogia/tomo4/1.%20GENEALOGIA%20COLOMBIANA/1-4%20%20ERNESTO%20SAMPER%20PIZANO%20FAMILIARES%20Y%20PARENTELA.pdf|title=Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela|language=es|access-date=8 December 2012|first=Julio Cesar|last=García Vásquez|publisher=Interconexion Colombia}}

An alumnus of the College of Saint Bartholomew in Bogotá, he graduated Juris Doctor in 1844 and became a Lawyer in 1846.{{cite book |last1=Jaramillo Uribe|first1=Jaime|title=Antología del pensamiento político colombiano|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/politica/pensa/inicio.htm|access-date=8 December 2012|year=1970|publisher=Colombia, Bank of the Republic of|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=1562913|chapter=Miguel Samper|chapter-url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/politica/pensa/pensa11.htm}}

Selected works

{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=La miseria en Bogotá|url=http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/101/1/331_-_2_Capi_2.pdf|year=1867|publisher=Imprenta de Gaitán|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=23888011}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=La protección: análisis económico y político de la República de Colombia en 1880|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/sites/default/files/83705/brblaa546071.pdf|year=1880|publisher=Imprenta de G.A. Núñez|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=34268606|author-mask=1}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=Banco Nacional|year=1880|publisher=Imprenta Gaitán|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=22961931|author-mask=1}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|last2=Leroy-Beaulieu|first2=Pierre Paul|author-link2=Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu|title=Regulación del sistema monetario|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/sites/default/files/89464/brblaa885773.pdf|year=1892|publisher=Imprenta de "La Nación" y de Lleras|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=43641935|author-mask=1}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=Escritos político-económicos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_ZipwAACAAJ|year=1898|publisher=Imprenta de Eduardo Espinosa Guzmán|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=318202181|author-mask=1 |lccn=15001269}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=Nuestras enfermedades politicas: voracidad fiscal de los estados|year=1884|publisher=Imprenta de Vapor de Zalamea Hnos|location=Bogotá|language=es|oclc=32144938|author-mask=1}}
{{cite book |last1=Samper Agudelo|first1=Miguel|title=Las reformas y el Cesarismo: artículos publicados en El Repertorio Colombiano|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/sites/default/files/81552/brblaa632211.pdf|year=1898|publisher=Imprenta de "La Luz"|location=Bogotá|language=es|author-mask=1}}

Miguel Samper Agudelo

Personal life

Selected works

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