Marcos Segundo Maturana
Marcos Segundo Maturana (born February 15, 1830 in Santiago de Chile , † May 18, 1892 ibid) was a Chilean general.
The son of General Marcos Maturana del Campo studied at the Colegio Núñez and from 1842 at the Escuela Militar . In 1848 he joined the army as a lieutenant in the artillery. During the Urriola mutiny in the civil war of 1851, he defended the artillery barracks of Santiago under the orders of his father and was seriously wounded. He was subsequently promoted to captain and in 1854 to sergeant major.
In 1861 he became First Adjutant to the General Inspectorate of the Guardias Nacionales , and the following year he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. In 1865 he took part in the war against Spain as commander of the army and provincial governor. As the organizer and commander of the 11th Line Battalion, he took part in the campaigns in Araucania in 1866. In 1867 he became adjutant to the President José Joaquín Pérez . In 1869 he was promoted to colonel and became adjutant to Presidents Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and Aníbal Pinto Garmendia .
In 1879 he became general director of the arsenal and artillery park, and in October of the same year he was appointed commander of the forts and batteries of Valparaíso. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1880 for his service in fighting a fire in the arsenal of Santiago. In the same year he took part in the saltpeter war with the rank of Jefe del Estado Mayor General . In January 1881 he took part in the battles of Chorrillos and Miraflores, after which he returned to his post in Valparaíso. In 1883 he rose to General de División , and in 1889 he retired from the army.
Maturana was also very interested in art; he collected porcelain objects, archaeological objects, old weapons and especially paintings. With José Miguel Blanco and Juan Mochi he belonged to a commission that prepared the establishment of the Museo Nacional de Pinturas (later Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes ) in the palace of the National Congress in 1880. He later also founded the Museo de Armas . His work for the promotion of art and culture was honored with a painting competition that bore his name ( Certamen General Maturana ) and took place until 1930.
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- La Guerra de Pacífico - General Marcos 2nd Maturana
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maturana, Marcos Segundo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maturana, Marcos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1892 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |