Achille Gerste, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Achille Gerste

Mexican catholic priest and writer

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1854

Place of Birth: Ypres, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1920

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, linguist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aquiles Gerste (July 2, 1854 - November 27, 1920) was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, philologist, and linguist who is known for his ethnographic and linguistic studies of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Gerst entered the Society of Jesus on October 3, 1873 and was ordained a priest ten years later.
In 1885, he went to Mexico as a missionary and became prefect of a college at Puebla.
He became fluent in French, Latin, Spanish, German and Nahuatl.
He became interested in the culture of the Rarámuri people, with whom he lived as a missionary.When he returned to Europe, he collaborated with Carlos Sommervogel on the Bibliographie d'auteurs de la Compagnie de Jésus, While in Rome, he was elected a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.
He died in Rome.