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José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira (March 2, 1780 – August 8, 1816) was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. He was executed a month later during the Reconquista, at the hands of Pablo Morillo. ==Education== García was the son of Juan de Dios García Navas and Rosa Rovira de García, he was born on March 2, 1780, in Bucaramanga, in the province of Socorro, part of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada, in what is now Colombia. He attended the ''Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé''〔''Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' - Page 110. Edited by John Fiske, James Grant Wilson.〕 in Santafé de Bogotá, where he graduated in 1799 with a degree in Philosophy, and in 1804 he got his degree in Civil Law, and later a Doctorate in Theology. He also attended the Saint Thomas Aquinas University where he studied Painting and Music, later receiving a degree in Fine arts; on April 29, 1809, García also received his doctorate in Law and was officially received as a lawyer by the Royal Audiency of Santafé de Bogotá.〔''Homenaje que el Centro de historia de Santander en nombre del gobierno y del pueblo santandereano, rinde a los próceres regionales con ocasión de celebrarse el primer centenario de la muerte del libertador Simón Bolívar.'' by Academia de Historia de Santander.〕 He later returned to San Bartolomé this time as a professor in the areas of Algebra, Mathematics, Trigonometry, Philosophy〔''Ciencia, filosofía y educación en Colombia(siglo XVIII)'' By Juan Manuel Pacheco, Page 176〕 Metaphysics, and Ethics.〔''Custodio García Rovira'', By Javier López Ocampo, Library Luis Ángel Arango, ()〕 García's appetite for knowledge made him a celebrated figure in the Tertulias, and salons of the Bogotá. He formed part of the Tertulia Literaria del Buen Gusto,〔''Educación de la mujer durante la época colonial'' Autor: Patricia Londoño Vega, Profesora, Universidad de Antioquia | Fuente: Boletín Cultural y Bibliogáfico. Número 37. Volumen XXXI ()〕 that was hosted in the house of doña Manuela Sanz de Santamaría de González Manrique, where many other prominent figures like Francisco José de Caldas, José Fernández Madrid, Camilo Torres Tenorio, Alexander von Humboldt, Francisco Antonio Ulloa among others. He also attended the Tertulia Eutropélica,〔''Historia de Colombia para la enseñanza secundaria'' By Jesús María Henao, Gerardo Arrubla (Page 309) ()〕 that congregated in the house of Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez and also the Tertulia of Antonio Nariño, where they studied the ideas and works of Montesquieu, Rousseau and Voltaire.〔(''Moda y libertad. Respiro de vida.''Por Ángela Gómez Cely )〕 Because of his extensive education, he was known as El Estudiante (''The Student'').〔''Biblioteca de historia nacional'' -Page 115, By the Colombian Academy of History.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Custodio García Rovira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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