Luis Cordero Crespo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis Cordero Crespo

17th President of Ecuador

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1833

Place of Birth: Déleg Canton, Cañar Province, Ecuador

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1912

Profession: writer, poet, politician, diplomat, author, university teacher, researcher

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Luis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo (6 April 1833 – 30 January 1912) was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895.
Cordero was born April 6, 1833 in the Cañar province of Ecuador to parents Gregorio Cordero and Josefa Crespo.
Cordero studied at the Seminary High School in Cuenca, and later the Central University of Ecuador in Quito.
In 1865 he became a lawyer, arguing cases before the Supreme Court of Cuenca.
After his career in law, Cordero began publishing poetry and in 1892 published the first Quicha-Spanish dictionary.