Diego Barros Arana
Diego Barros Arana | |
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Born | |
Died | November 4, 1907 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Chile |
Known for | Historia General de Chile |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History of Chile |
Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana (August 16, 1830 – November 4, 1907) was a Chilean professor, legislator, minister and diplomat. He is considered the most important Chilean historian of the 19th century. His main work General History of Chile (Spanish: Historia Jeneral de Chile) is a 15-volume work that spanned over 300 years of the nation's history.
Barros Arana was of Basque descent.[1] He also was an educator and a diplomat. He was director of the Instituto Nacional, a public high school, and of the University of Chile.
Works
- Estudios históricos sobre Vicente Benavides i las campañas del Sur: 1818–1822 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta de Julio Belin i Compañia. 1850.
- Historia Jeneral de la Independencia de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. I–IV. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Ferrocarril. 1855.
- Vida i Viajes de Hernando de Magallanes (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Nacional. 1864.
- Compendio de Historia Moderna (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Imprenta i Libreria del Mercurio. 1870.
- Riquezas de los Antiguos Jesuítas de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Imprenta i Libreria del Mercurio. 1872.
- Mi Destitución (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Ferrocarril. 1873.
- Proceso de Pedro de Valdivia i Otros Documentos Inéditos Concernientes a Este Conquistador (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Librería Central de Augusto Raymond. 1873.
- Don Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Candidato a la Presidencia de la República (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Ferrocarril. 1875.
- Don Claudio Gay, su Vida i sus Obras, Estudio Biográfico i Crítico (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Nacional. 1876. Online , p. PP7, at Google Books
- Historia de la Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1880) (in Spanish). Vol. I & II. Santiago, Chile: Librería Central de Mariano Servat. 1880.
- Histoire de la Guerre du Pacifique (1879-1880) (in French). Paris, France: Librairie Militaire de Dumaine. 1881.
- Historia Jeneral de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. I–XVI. Santiago, Chile: Rafael Jover. 1884–1902.
- Elementos de Jeografía Física (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Librería Central de Mariano Servat. 1888.
- La Cuestión de Límites entre Chile i la República Arjentina (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Cervantes. 1895.
- El Doctor Don Rodolfo Amando Philippi su Vida i sus Obras (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Cervantes. 1904.
- Un Decenio de la Historia de Chile (1841-1851) (in Spanish). Vol. I & II. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta y Encuadernación Universitaria. 1905.
List of works
- Chiappa, Víctor M. (1907). Bibliografía de don Diego Barros Arana (in Spanish). Imprenta alemana.
See also
References
External links
Media related to Diego Barros Arana at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1830 births
- 1907 deaths
- People from Santiago
- Chilean people of Galician descent
- Chilean people of Basque descent
- Chilean historians
- Chilean diplomats
- Members of the Chilean Academy of Language
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