González González, Luis was born in 1925 in San José de Gracia, Michoacán, Mexico. Student of José Miranda, Colegio de México. Close friend and disciple of Daniel Cosío Villegas.
Studied under José Gaos, Victor Urquidi, and Silvio Závala. Son of Luis González Cárdenas and Josefina González Cárdenas.
Secondary and preparatory studies in Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1938-1943. Two years of legal studies, University of Guadalajara, 1943-1945. Degree in history, Colegio de México, 1946-1949.
Master of Arts degree in history, National School of Anthropology and History. Professor, History of Culture, Colegio de México. Professor, History of Mexico, National School of Anthropology and History, School of Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University, and School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University.
Director, Center of Historical Studies, Colegio de México, 1963-1965, 1970-1973. Academic Coordinator, Seminar of History of the Mexican Revolution, Colegio de México, 1973-1980. President, Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, since 1978.
Historian; author of many works. Editor of Historia Mexicana.
Roman Catholic
Member, Mexican Academy of History. Member, National College.
