Fray Servando Teresa de Mier y la comunidad hispanoamericana de Londres

Abstract

In this article is analyzed the relationship of fray Servando Teresa de Mier (1765-1827) with the important community of Spanish-Americans and Spaniards established in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century. His relation with Francisco de Miranda and the secret society of the Caballeros Racionales, whose objective was the independence of Spanish-America. Very important was his friendship with Andrés Bello and with José Blanco White, through the latter received, especially, the influence of the British political thought, of authors like Edmund Burke.