Background
HENAO, Jesús was born on May 15, 1870 in Amalfi, Antioquia. Son of Emiliano Henao J. and Cristina Melguizo.
HENAO, Jesús was born on May 15, 1870 in Amalfi, Antioquia. Son of Emiliano Henao J. and Cristina Melguizo.
Attorney and secretary of the Colombian-Venezuelan Boundary Commission, 1901. Circuit judge (juez del circuito) of Bogotá, 1921-1930. Various other legal posts.
Literary and Historical Activities: Member of the commission charged with the publication of the private papers of General Santander.
Author (with Gerardo Arrubla) of Historia de Colombia (11th edition, 2 vols, in 1, 1929). This work was awarded first prize in the government competition of 1910 and has been officially adopted by the secondary schools of Colombia.
Frequent contributor to reviews and periodicals, especially Cromos and the Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Historia.
Academia Nacional de Historia (ex-president). Academia de Historia of Venezuela (corresponding). Academia de Jurisprudencia of Colombia (corresponding).