Claim: Francisco Antonio Zea began studying in Medellin but dropped out later in 1785.
Evidence: Zea began his education in Medellín. He finished his studies in 1785, and although his father wanted him to continue his ecclesiastical studies, Zea moved the next year to Bogotá in hopes of studying jurisprudence, goal which he attained by applying and receiving a scholarship from the Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé.