Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Francisco Javier Santamaría (Cacaos in Jalapa Municipality, Tabasco, September 10, 1886 - Veracruz, Veracruz, March 1, 1963) was an influential Mexican writer and politician who is best remembered for his contributions to the study of Mexican literature and lexicography; he variously worked or published as a bibliographer, essayist, geographer, journalist, judge, lawyer, lexicographer, linguist, naturalist, pedagogue, philologist, and poet. He also served as a Senator of the Republic and as Governor of the State of Tabasco.