Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez (pseudonym: Samuel Robinson) (born October 28, 1769 in Caracas , † February 28, 1854 in Amotape , Peru ) was a Venezuelan educator , philosopher , utopian socialist and tutor, friend and colleague of Simón Bolívar .
From 1791 he was a teacher in Caracas, and in 1794 he published his first book on school criticism. Involved in a conspiracy against the Spanish crown, he had to leave Venezuela in 1797 .
He lived under the name Samuel Robinson in Jamaica , the United States , France and from 1804 traveled with Simón Bolívar through Europe. From 1806 he lived in Italy , Germany , Poland and Russia . He worked there as an industrial worker and teacher. From 1823 again under his birth name in Colombia , he was appointed by Bolívar in 1824 as "Director for Education, Science and Art" in the Bolivian Republic. Until the end of his life he worked as a teacher in various South American countries and wrote numerous publications on pedagogy , of which a large part was lost in a fire in Guayaquil (Ecuador) in 1896 . In his works, Simón Rodríguez called for a social economic order, a classless society, and access for all population groups to schools and educational institutions.
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| SURNAME | Rodríguez, Simón |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robinson, Samuel (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Educator, philosopher, utopian socialist and tutor, friend and collaborator of Simón Bolívar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1854 |
| Place of death | Amotape , Peru |