Romulo Escobar. Later life Later he was a judge of the Civil Registry, director of the Regional Museum and head of the Department of Historical Studies of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. Almada was the founder and president of the Sociedad chihuahuense de estudios Históricos (Chihuahua Society of Historical Studies) and an assiduous investigator and writer, publishing various works on the history and geography of Chihuahua and other Mexican states. He was a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística and of the Asociación Mexicana de Historia. In June 1976 the state legislature named Chínipas the capital of the state for one day, and changed the name to Chínipas de Almada. In 1980 the Chihuahua Society of Historical Studies dedicated a plaque at the summit of Cerro Mohinora (elev. 3,313 m) with the following legend: "The two highest summits of Chihuahua, Mohinora and Francisco R. Almada." Published works Diccionario de historia, geografía y biografía chihuahuenses, 2a. Edición, Inédita, 1927 Gobernantes de Chihuahua, 1929 Apuntes Históricos de la Región de Chínipas, 1937 Diccionario de historia, biografía y geografía del estado de Colima, 1939 Guadalupe y Calvo, 1940 La imprenta y el periodismo en Chihuahua, 1943 Gobernantes del Estado de Chihuahua, 1951 Diccionario de Historia, Biografía y Geografía sonorenses, 1952 Hombres de Nuevo León y Coahuila en la defensa de Puebla y prisioneros en Francia en 1862, 1962 La revolución en el estado de Chihuahua, 1965 La revolución en el estado de Sonora, 1971 La invasión de los filibusteros de Crabb al estado de Sonora, 1973 Notes References Diccionario Porrúa de Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México, Editorial Porrúa 1995 (6th ed.) p. 118 Tena, Antillón Benjamín. Personajes de Chihuahua. INEA 1992. pp. 162ff. External links His profile at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Brief biography This article is a free translation of the article Francisco R. Almada at the Spanish Wikipedia, accessed on July 17, 2007, with some additional information. 1896 births 1989 deaths Governors of Chihuahua (state) 20th-century Mexican historians 20th-century Mexican male writers Members of the Mexican Academy of Language Autonomous University of Chihuahua alumni 20th-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Chihuahua (state)