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Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen

1899-04-16 – 1979-05-12

Portrait of Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen
María del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Villahermosa, Tabasco, April 16, 1899 – Mexico City May 12, 1979) was a Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet. She is remembered for her studies on the regional peculiarities of speech in her home state of Tabasco as well as for her pioneering work as a teacher and pedagogue in Tabasco and throughout Mexico. The community of María del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen in Centla Municipality, Tabasco, is named in her honor.Credit: Dani gam

Life & Legacy

María del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen (16 April 1899 – 12 May 1979) was a Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet who is remembered for her studies on the regional peculiarities of speech in her home state of Tabasco as well as for her pioneering work as a teacher and pedagogue in Tabasco and throughout Mexico. She has at times been described as Tabasco's first woman "professionist".
The community of María del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen in Centla Municipality, Tabasco, is named in her honor.

Occupation & Career

lexicographer, linguist, poet, writer, teacher, pedagogue, philologist

Education

Columbia University; National Autonomous University of Mexico

Legacy Highlights

Education & Institutions

Columbia University · National Autonomous University of Mexico

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q24045 — wikidata View source

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