Emilio Rabasa

José Emilio Rabasa Estebanell (22 May 1856 — 25 April 1930) was a Mexican prominent writer, diplomat, and politician. He wrote extensively on constitutional law, served as Governor of Chiapas, as state congressman, chaired several Mexican Academies and co-founded El Universal; an influential newspaper in Mexico City.[1]

For his grandson, the Mexican politician, diplomat, and academic (1925–2008), see Emilio Óscar Rabasa.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rabasa and the second or maternal family name is Estebanell.
Emilio Rabasa
Governor of Chiapas
In office
1891–1895
Personal details
Born
Emilio Rabasa Estebanell

(1856-05-22)22 May 1856
Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, Mexico
Died25 April 1930(1930-04-25) (aged 73)
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma materInstitute of Sciences and Arts of Oaxaca
OccupationWriter, diplomat, politician, lawyer.
AwardsOrder of the Sun of Peru

Rabasa wrote several novels under the pen name Sancho Polo.[2]

Rabasa, Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Eiguero departed Veracruz on May 10, 1914 aboard the German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie to represent Victoriano Huerta's regime at the Niagara Falls conference mediating the dispute with the United States.[3] The delegation, along with support staff, arrived in Washington on May 16 where they were hosted by the State Department until departure for the conference on May 20, a change from May 18 in order to make time for the delegation's visit to Washington.[4] On May 18 the delegation had been empowered to offer Huerta's resignation if necessary and began work at Niagara Falls on May 20 under the auspices of mediators composed of officials of Argentina, Brazil and Chile.[4][5] An agreement resulted in the signing of a peace protocol on June 24, 1914.[6]

Teaching career

Rabasa taught Constitutional Law at the National School of Jurisprudence, which he resigned in 1912. He was also a founding teacher of the Free School of Law, where he taught Constitutional Law from 1912 to 1930. He was appointed rector of the Free School of Law. Right in the year of 1929, position that left vacant after his death in Mexico City on April 25, 1930.[7]

He was professor of the National Schools and Free of Jurisprudence in teaching persevered until the end of his days and was recognized authority in Constitutional Law, he was entrusted with other important positions, such as the representative of the Government at the Niagara Falls Conferences in 1914 From then on, he spent six years in New York. He was Correspondent of the Royal Spanish Academies and of Jurisprudence and member of diverse scientific and literary groups. He collaborated brilliantly in national journalism and in specialized journals in legal matters. He was appointed member of the Mexican Academy of Language to occupy chair I, but he did not occupy it.[8]

Selected works
  • La bola (1887)
  • La gran ciencia (1887)
  • El cuarto poder (1888)
  • Moneda falsa (1888)

Further reading
  • Charles A. Hale, Emilio Rabasa and the Survival of Porfirian Liberalism. Stanford: Stanford University Press 2008.
  • Norma Klahn. "Emilio Rabasa" in Encyclopedia of Mexico. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, pp. 1217-18.
  • Lorum H. Stratton, Emilio Rabasa: Life and Works. Lubbock TX: Texas Tech Press 1974.

References
  1. "Emilio Rabasa". Encarta (in Spanish). Microsoft. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  2. "Rectores: Don Emilio Rabasa" (in Spanish). Escuela Libre de Derecho. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  3. "News Narrative—Week ending Tuesday May 12, 1914". The Public. Vol. 17. May 15, 1914. p. 464. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  4. "News Narrative—Mexico and the United States". The Public. Vol. 17. May 22, 1914. p. 488. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  5. "News Narrative—Mexico and the United States". The Public. Vol. 17. May 29, 1914. p. 513. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  6. "News Narrative—Mexico and the United States". The Public. Vol. 17. July 3, 1914. p. 634. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  7. "Nuestros humanistas". 2010-03-17. Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  8. "Academia Mexicana de la Lengua - Historia". 2009-11-26. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
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