Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra Méndez (January 26, 1848 – September 13, 1912), was a
Mexican prominent
liberal writer, historian, journalist, poet and political figure during the
Porfiriato, in the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. He was a leading voice of the ''
Científicos'', "the scientists" who were the intellectual leaders during the regime of
Porfirio Díaz.
Sierra’s portrait appeared on the 2000
Mexican pesos banknote issued between 1985 and 1989.
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