Jaime Eyzaguirre

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Jaime Miguel Eyzaguirre Gutiérrez (born December 21, 1908 in Santiago de Chile , † September 17, 1968 ibid) was a Chilean lawyer and historian , an important representative of Catholic history in his country.

Eyzaguirre came from a long-established academic family and attended the German school abroad in Santiago , run by Steyler missionaries . He studied law at the Universidad Católica de Chile and was later admitted to the bar.

He was a historian, essayist and in 1942 became professor of general history at the Philosophical Faculty of the Catholic University in Santiago. He was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy, the Real Academia Española , and one of the founders of the Academia Chilena de la Historia . He also founded the Chilean magazines Estudios and Historia .

He took the view of the superiority of the Spaniards and emphasized the decisive, progressive historical role of Spain in the history of Latin America, he justified the caudillismo and emphasized the marginal importance of a large part of the population in the struggle for independence. He was a critic of liberalism, positivism, and Marxism in the science of history.

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SURNAME Eyzaguirre, Jaime
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eyzaguirre Gutiérrez, Jaime Miguel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Chile
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1968
Place of death Santiago de Chile