Place: Oña
Death: 1571
Biography:
Andrés de Olmos was a Spanish Franciscan priest and grammarian and ethno-historian of Mexico's indigenous languages and peoples. He was born in Oña, Burgos, Spain in circa 1485 and died in Tampico, Nueva España in 1571. He is known for his work as a filólogo of the náhuatl, huasteco and totonaco languages.