José Toribio Medina Zavala
José Toribio Medina Zavala (born October 21, 1852 in Santiago de Chile , † December 11, 1930 ibid) was the most important Chilean bibliographer and a passionate historian .
life and work
José Medina, born on October 21, 1852 in Santiago de Chile, was the son of José del Pilar Medina y Valderrama (lawyer and judge) and Mariana Zavala Almeida. He lived in his childhood in Santiago , Talca and Valparaíso and studied law at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, where he was awarded the bar title in 1873. In 1875 he came to Peru as a diplomat. In Lima, which was the capital of the colonial viceroyalty of Peru from 1542 to 1818 , to which today's Chile also belonged, the numerous archives from the colonial era aroused his interest. He first began tracking down historical books and documents from which he made copies. From another five trips to different countries, he brought extensive material to Chile, which he published through his own print shop. In Spanish archives alone he created 17,799 copied pages and lists. In 1925 he left his extensive work, which was important for research into Chilean history, to the national library, which dedicated a room of its own to him. He died on December 11, 1930.
Online biographies
- José Toribio Medina (1852-1930) . (Spanish, biography in Memoria Chilena ).
- José Toribio Medina (1852-1930) . Icarito, Medios Digitales de COPESA (Spanish, biography in Icarito ).
Web links
- Literature by and about José Toribio Medina Zavala in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biblioteca Americana José Toribio Medina (Spanish)
- Bibliography José Toribio Medina (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 139
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medina Zavala, José Toribio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean bibliographer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1930 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |