Luis López de Mesa

Luis López de Mesa
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office April 23, 1947 – May 5, 1947
President	Mariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded by	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
Succeeded by	Domingo Esguerra Plata
In office August 12, 1938 – August 7, 1942
President	Eduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded by	Francisco Samper Madrid
Succeeded by	Gabriel Turbay Abunader
7th Colombian Minister of National Education
In office August 13, 1934 – September 24, 1935
President	Alfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded by	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
Succeeded by	Calixto Torres Umaña
Personal details
Born	(1884-10-12)October 12, 1884 Azuero, Antioquia,
Died	Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	National University of Colombia (MD)
Profession	Medical Doctor
Religion	Roman Catholic

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López de Mesa and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Luis López de Mesa Gómez (October 12, 1884 - October 18, 1967) was Colombian medical doctor, and Harvard psychiatrist, Dean of the National University of Colombia, and Minister of National Education, and Foreign Affairs.

Works

• El libro de los apólogos (1918)
• La biografía de Gloria Etzel (1921)
• El factor étnico (1927)
• Civilización contemporánea (1926)
• La tragedia de Nilse (novela, 1928)
• Biografía de Gloria Etzel (novela, 1929)
• Introducción a la historia de la cultura en Colombia (1930)
• Cómo se ha formado la Nación colombiana (1934)
• Disertación sociológica(1939)
• Miguel Antonio Caro y Rufino José Cuervo (1944)
• Nosotros y la Esfinge (1947)
• Perspectivas culturales (1949)
• Escrutinio sociológico de la historia colombiana (1955)
• Escrutinio sociológico de la historia colombiana (1956)
• Rudimentos de onomatología (1960)
• Oraciones panegíricas (1964).