Background
De la Torre Villar, Ernesto was born on April 24, 1917 in Tlatlauqui, Puebla, Mexico. Son of Manuel de la Torre and Lucía Villar.
director Historical Archives of the Treasury
De la Torre Villar, Ernesto was born on April 24, 1917 in Tlatlauqui, Puebla, Mexico. Son of Manuel de la Torre and Lucía Villar.
Primary studies in Galación Gómez School, Federal District, and the Colegio Francés de Alvarado. Secondary studies at Secondary School No. 1, Federal District, 1932-1934.
Preparatory studies at the National Preparatory School, 1935-1936. Legal studies, National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1937-1941, graduating in 1942. Studies in history, Colegio de México, 1941-1945.
Master of Arts degree in anthropology, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University, 1948. Diploma, École Superieure des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1948-1949. Archival studies, Paris, Madrid and Brussels, 1949-1950.
Rockefeller Fellow, France, 1950-1951. Bank of Mexico Fellow. Professor of History, National Preparatory School, 1944-1945.
Professor of Technique of Historical Research, National Teachers College, 1945-1948, 1952-1953. Professor of History, National School of Librarians and Archivists, 1955-1959. Professor of History, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University, 1945-1959.
Director, Seminar of Mexican History (Independence Period), since 1952. Founding Professor of Mexican Civilization, Catholic Institute of Paris, 1949-1950.
Director, Historical Archives of the Treasury. Director, National Library.
Roman Catholic
Member of the Seminar of Mexican Culture, since 1969.
Spouse Esperanza Yarza.
