Miguel Samper Agudelo (24 October 1825 — 16 March 1899) was a Colombian

Colombian people

Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

 lawyer, businessman, and politician. In politics he distinguished himself as a proponent of abolitionism

Abolitionism

Abolitionism is a movement to end slavery.In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. At the behest of Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first...

 and economic reform, ans as a Liberal

Colombian Liberal Party

The Colombian Liberal Party is a center-left party in Colombia that adheres to social democracy and social liberalism.The Party was founded in 1848 and, together with the Colombian Conservative Party, subsequently became one of the two main political forces in the country for over a century.After...

 candidate for the 1898 Colombian presidential election.

Career

Educated by José Manuel Groot, he later attended Saint Bartholomew College where he studied Civil

Civil law (area)

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 and Canon law

Canon law

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, graduating Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

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in 1844 and receiving the title of Lawyer in 1846.

Personal life

Miguel was born 24 October 1825 to José María Samper Blanco and Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur in the city of Guaduas

Guaduas

Guaduas is a city in Colombia, in the province of Lower Magdalena department of Cundinamarca.-Geographical Context:At about 117 km from Bogotá. It is an agricultural and tourist center of some importance. It has about 33,000 inhabitants...

. Among his siblings, two stand out, Agripina

Agripina Samper Agudelo

Agripina Casimira de los Dolores Samper Agudelo was a Colombian poet. Member of a literary family, she wrote prose and poetry under her pseudonym "Pía-Rigán", an anagram of her given name.-Personal life:...

, married to Manuel Ancízar Basterra, and José María

José María Samper

José María Balbino Venancio Samper Agudelo was a Colombian a liberal political thinker and writer, he also worked as a journalist, lawyer, and politician. In his writing he covered many genres including poetry, drama, comedy, novels, didactic works, biographies, travel books, and critical and...

, married to Soledad Acosta Kemble, all of whom were writers, journalists and poets. He married María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez on 4 May 1851, the daughter of an Englishman. Together they had ten children, Manuel Francisco, Santiago, María, José María, Margarita, Antonio, Dolores, Joaquín, Tomás María Canuto, and Francisco Ricardo.