Diego Barros Arana

Diego Barros Arana
Born (1830-08-16)August 16, 1830
Santiago, Chile
Died November 4, 1907(1907-11-04) (aged 77)
Santiago, Chile
Nationality  Chile
Fields History of Chile
Known for Historia General de 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). 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). 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). 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). I & II. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta y Encuadernación Universitaria. 1905. 

List of works

See also

References

  1. Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

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