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Justo Sierra Méndez(Campeche 1848 - Madrid 1913). Mexican poet, writer, historian, politician and teacher.
Among his books are remarkable his biography of Benito Juarez and his "Evolución Política del Pueblo Mexicano". He was a member of the Mexican Academy since 1887.
In 1892 the so called "Partido de los Científicos" was founded, with Justo Sierra Méndez as one of its leading figure. This group of intellectual people provided Porfirio Díaz with a political ideology. Positivist thinkers believed that only science could bring progress to Mexico.
From 1905 to 1911 he agreed to serve as the Secretary of Public Education under the Porfirio Díaz government. After Díaz, Francisco Madero chose Sierra to serve as the Mexican ambassador to Spain. He died there in 1912; his remains were returned to Mexico, where Madero himself presided over his magnificent funerals. He is buried at The Rotonda of Illustrious Men in Mexico City.