Nws yug los hauv Ozumba, Xeev Mexico, xyoo 1737, nws tuav txoj haujlwm kev ntseeg thiab raug tsa ua ib tug txiv plig thaum nws muaj hnub nyoog nees nkaum xyoo.
Txawm hais tias nws cov kev xav tswv yim, txij li lub hnub nyoog me me nws tau txhawj txog kev paub thiab kev siv ntawm natural sciences, physics, lej thiab astronomy. Nws tshaj tawm cov haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm cov ncauj lus kev tshawb fawb hauv cov ntawv xov xwm thiab cov ntawv xov xwm ntawm nws lub sijhawm. Nws nrhiav cov npe nrov thoob ntiaj teb thiab raug xaiv los ua tus khub sib luag ntawm Paris Academy of Sciences. Nws siv ntau ntawm nws lub sijhawm los ua kev sim tshawb fawb thiab sib sau ua ib lub tsev qiv ntawv loj. Nws yog tus khaws cov khoom qub hauv keeb thiab pov tseg yam tsawg ntawm cov nroj tsuag thiab tsiaj. Tshawb Xochicalco. Txhawm rau them homage rau nws, xyoo 1884 Antonio Alzate Lub Neej Kev Tshawb Nrhiav tau tsim, uas nyob rau xyoo 1935 ua lub National Academy of Sciences. Nws cov haujlwm ua haujlwm hauv kev paub zoo tshaj plaws yog cov sau ntawv rau Ancient Keeb Kwm ntawm Mexico los ntawm Jesuit Francisco Javier Clavijero. Nws tau hais tias nws yog tus txheeb ze nyob deb ntawm Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Nws tuag nyob Mexico City xyoo 1799.
