MENDOZA, Gumersindo. Aculco, Atlaconulco Region, State of Mexico 1829 — Ciudad de México 1886. Mexican Physician interested in Languages. Born in a modest family with Amerindian Otomi background. Studies at Toluca and Mexico City. Dr.med. In 1868 one of the founders of Natural History Society of Mexico. In 1876-83 Curator of National Museum of Archaeology. He had to retire because of health problems. He was an enthusiastic layman. In his 1878 book he makes random word comparison in order to show a supposed relationship between Sanskrit and the Mexican Nahuatl language.
Publications: Estudio comparativo entre el Sanskrito y el Nágüatl. 24 p. México 1878.
– Diss. on Otomi language, 1872; wrote on the similarities between Mexican and Sino-Japanese art; etc.
Sources: De Mora in www.indologica.com/volumes/vol15-16/vol15-16_art20_demora.pdf (much too positive) from IT 15-16, 1989-90, 287-290; www.bib.uia.mx/tesis/pdf/014508/014508.pd; French Wikipédia (giving dates as 1829/34–1886 [one 1896 must be mistake]).
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