Manuel Antonio Carreño

17 Jun 1812 – 4 Sep 1874

Manuel Antonio Carreño Muñoz (Caracas, June 17, 1812 – París, September 4, 1874) was a Venezuelan musician, teacher and diplomat.[1] He reached many important goals in the field of diplomacy and teaching during his lifetime. He founded the prestigious Colegio Roscio and translated works like *Reasoned, historical and dogmatic Catechism of Abbe Thériou* and *Introduction to the method to study the Latin language of Jean-Louis Burnouf into Spanish. In 1853, with the publication of his *Manual of Urbanity and Good Manners*, he entered history with the nickname of "Manual of Carreño", a sesquic