Background
NELSON, Ernesto was born on September 25, 1873 in Buenos Aires. Son of Enrique Nelson and Evelia Monguillot de Nelson.
NELSON, Ernesto was born on September 25, 1873 in Buenos Aires. Son of Enrique Nelson and Evelia Monguillot de Nelson.
Educated Columbia University, New York.
Educational commissioner at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Special envoy of the National Council of Education to the United States, 1905. Director of the Museum of Education, 1909.
Director of the “Internato” of the University of La Plata, 1910-1913. Inspector general of secondary education, 1913. Educational commissioner at the Panamá Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.
Professor in the University of La Plata and member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Education: inspector of secondary, normal school, and special education.
Member advisory council, child welfare bureau, province of Buenos Aires, 1943. Member: Institute Cultural ArgentinoNortqamericano (president, 1943-1947), Asociación por los Derechos del Niño (ex-president), Young Men's Christian Association (pres, of its social action cornmn.), Institute Rivadaviano (president), Asociación Nacional de Educación, Society Argentina de Criminología, Society Argentina de Escritores, Institución Mitre, Liga Argentina de Educación, Museo Social Argentino, Institute Joaquín V. González, Rotary. Member Association of Teachers of Spanish (United States of America).
Married Ernestina A. López. Children: Alicia.