Alejandro Fuenzalida Grandón

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Alejandro Fuenzalida Grandón (born December 21, 1865 in Copiapó , Chile , † April 15, 1942 in Santiago de Chile ) was a Chilean lawyer, bibliographer and historian.

Life

Alejandro Fuenzalida Grandón was the son of José Fuenzalida and Eugenia Grandón, his brother was the geographer José Fuenzalida Grandón. He was married to Emma Wendt. His sons were Hugo and Hernán.

His family was poor but endeavored to give the children a good education to help them find liberal professions. Alejandro attended the humanistic lyceum in Copiapo. He developed a passion for books. He liked to read and a lot in French, Italian and English. He received the books from the school library or from a local bookseller who lent him numerous works. He created translations of English-language magazine articles for the politician and writer Manuel Antonio Matta . He began writing for El Atacameño magazine, which was published by the Matta brothers. He wrote articles for the laicization of state institutions, against the predominance of the Catholic Church, for the separation of state and church, for general religious freedom or for state schools. Everything in line with the goals of the Partido Radical , the Mattas party.

In 1885 he went to Santiago. On recommendation, he received a position as an inspector at the Instituto Nacional, which enabled him to finance studies at the Universidad de Chile . He studied law and did historical and bibliographic studies. He continued to be politically active and wrote for the newspapers La Ley and La Libertad Electoral. In 1889 he graduated as a lawyer. In the same year he joined the Ministry of Education as an administrative functionary, where he gradually rose to head of department over the course of ten years. From 1894 he also gave lessons in history and geography at the Instituto Nacional. From 1899, after leaving the ministry, until 1913 he was a teacher at the Instituto Nacional. Occasionally he taught administrative law, political science and art history at Santiago's colleges. After 1913 he devoted himself to American-Chilean history as a university lecturer until his retirement in 1918.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guillermo Feliu Cruz: Alejandro Fuenzalida Grandón (1865-1942). Su contribución a la bibliografía del desarrollo intelectual de Chile. ( bcn.cl [PDF; accessed on April 3, 2015]).
  2. ^ Who's Who in Latin America . Part IV: Bolivia, Chile and Peru . Stanford University Press, 1947, ISBN 0-8047-0737-5 , pp.  86 ( books.google.de [accessed on April 3, 2015]).

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SURNAME Fuenzalida Grandón, Alejandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean lawyer, bibliographer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Copiapó , Chile
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1942
Place of death Santiago de Chile