What is Silvio Zavala?
{{Infobox person | image = Silvio Zavala.JPG | caption = Bust of Silvio Zavala in the Archive of Indias de Sevilla | image_size = | name = Silvio Zavala | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|2|7}} | birth_place = [[Mérida, Yucatán]], [[México]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|12|5|1909|2|7}} | death_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico | occupation = Historian | awards = [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], 1937<br>[[National Prize for Arts and Sciences]], 1969 }} '''Silvio Arturo Zavala Vallado''' (February 7, 1909 &ndash; December 5, 2014) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]] historian. He was an expert in law studies and Mexico's history. Zavala born in [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]], [[Yucatán]] on February 7, 1909. He studied at the [[National University of Mexico]] and at the [[University of Madrid]]. Zavala obtained a Ph.D. in law from the latter. He began his professional career in Spain in the Center for Historic Studies in Madrid. Zavala died in Mexico City on December 5, 2014, aged 105.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2014/563711/6/fallece-el-historiador-silvio-zavala.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-07 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215539/http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2014/563711/6/fallece-el-historiador-silvio-zavala.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/Zavala0.htm Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010000842/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/Zavala0.htm |date=2006-10-10 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zavala, Silvio}} [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Mexican centenarians]] [[Category:Mexican historians]] [[Category:People from Yucatán (state)]] {{bio-stub}}