Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children. Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also head of the education
Gabriel Faure (writer) Faure died on August 5, 1962. The "Lycée Gabriel Faure" in Tournon was named in his honor. Gabriel Faure (writer) Gabriel Faure (1877-1962) was a French poet, novelist and essayist. He was the author of many books about Italy, and the editor of a book prefaced by Benito Mussolini. He won five prizes from the Académie française. Gabriel Faure was born on May 15, 1877 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, in the Ardèche, France. Faure was the author of many poems, novels and essays. An italophile, he wrote many books about Italy, including Venice, Ventimiglia and Rome. In 1929, he edited a book