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'''Justo Sierra Méndez'''([[Campeche]], [[Mexico]] 1848 - [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] 1913). Mexican poet, writer, historian, politician and educator.  
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'''Justo Sierra Méndez'''([[Campeche]], [[Mexico]] 1848 - [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] 1913). Mexican poet, writer, historian, politician and educator. He was born on Jan. 26, 1848. His father, [[Justo Sierra O'Reilly]], was one of Mexico's foremost intellectuals.
    
''Justo Sierra stands in the select band of historians who played in the life of their country a role equal to their place in its letters.''<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1937(197104)13%3A2%3C306%3ATPEOTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B The Political Evolution of the Mexican People] Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 13, No. 2.</ref> 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. As ''one of the foremost propagandists of his day, Sierra edited and wrote regular columns for several newspapers''. Sierra is well known for his voluminous historical and literary works.
 
''Justo Sierra stands in the select band of historians who played in the life of their country a role equal to their place in its letters.''<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1937(197104)13%3A2%3C306%3ATPEOTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B The Political Evolution of the Mexican People] Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 13, No. 2.</ref> 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. As ''one of the foremost propagandists of his day, Sierra edited and wrote regular columns for several newspapers''. Sierra is well known for his voluminous historical and literary works.
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