Background
DÍAZ MERCADO, Joaquín was born on March 1, 1894 in Mexico City, Mexico.
DÍAZ MERCADO, Joaquín was born on March 1, 1894 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Educated Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, 1908-1915. Escuela Libre de Derecho. Facultad de Jurisprudencia.
Facultad de Altos Estudios. Escuela Nacional de Bibliotecarios, University Nacional de México.
Professor; assistant, director, Biblioteca Nacional, 1925. Secretary, 1st and 2d national congress of librarians, 1928, 1929. Professor. Summer School, University Nacional de México, since 1922.
Director, Biblioteca Ibero Americana y de Bellas Artes, until 1942, founder and director its Boletín, 1939. Director, magazine Ecos Mundiales.
Member Academy Nacional de Ciencias Antonio Alzate, American Library Association. Club de Excursiones Citlaltepetl.