Jesús Silva Herzog | |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1892 |
Birth Place: | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Known For: | Studies of the Mexican Revolution |
Employer: | Fondo de Cultura Económica, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Children: | Jesús Silva Herzog Flores |
Jesús Silva Herzog (14 November 1892 - 13 March 1985) was a Mexican economist and historian specialized in the Mexican Revolution and a member of The National College. He received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1962.[1] His son, former Mexican Secretary of Finance Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, and grandson, Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez, are also prominent men in Mexico's political and intellectual life.