Hānau ʻia ma Ozumba, Mokuʻāina ʻo Mekiko, i ka makahiki 1737, ua ʻapo ʻo ia i kahi ʻano haipule a ua hoʻolilo ʻia ʻo ia i kahuna pule i ka makahiki he iwakālua.
ʻOiai ʻo kāna aʻo akeakamai, mai kona wā ʻōpio nui ʻo ia i pili i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻepekema kūlohelohe, physics, makemakika a me ka astronomy. Hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā hana waiwai i nā kumuhana ʻepekema i nā nūpepa a me nā makasina o kona wā. Loaʻa iā ia ka kaulana kaulana o ka honua a koho ʻia i hoa like o ka Paris Academy of Science. Hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o kona manawa i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua ʻepekema a hōʻiliʻili i kahi hale waihona puke nui. He mea hōʻiliʻili ia o nā ʻāpana archaeological a me nā hiʻohiʻona laha ʻole o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona. Mākaʻikaʻi iā Xochicalco. I mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai iā ia, i ka makahiki 1884, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Antonio Alzate Scientific Society, a ma 1935 i lilo i National Academy of Science. ʻO kāna hana hoʻoponopono maikaʻi loa nā nota i ka Moʻolelo Kahiko o Mekiko na ka Jesuit Francisco Francisco Javier Clavijero. ʻLelo ʻia ʻo ia he pili pili iā Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Ua make ʻo ia ma Mekiko City i 1799.
