Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo, 9 December 1771 – Montevideo, 16 February 1848)[1][2] was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist.
He was one of those principally responsible for the founding of the National Library of Uruguay and the National University of Uruguay.[3] Further, in 1837, he was part of a committee in charge of establishing the National Museum of Natural History.[4]
The private Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (established 1985) is named after him.
Bibliography
[edit]- Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. Montevideo: Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, 1922-1924, 3 v.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga". Academia Nacional de Letras. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Dámaso Larrañaga". Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Larrañaga[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mones, Álvaro (October 1977). "Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 140 años de historia" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 18.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Larrañaga.
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