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José Ignacio París
José Ignacio París Ricaurte (Santafé, January 3, 1780 – October 31, 1848) was a hero of independence and businessman from Republic of New Granada, New Granada, the first contractor for the Coscuez mines after the country's independence. Early life and education José Ignacio París, known by the nickname of ''Don Pepe'', was the second son of the Spanish captain José Martín París Álvarez and Genoveva Ricaurte Mauris. He married in Bogotá in 1812 with Juana María Prieto Ricaurte, with whom he was double related, being the daughter of Joaquín Prieto Dávila and Rosa Ricaurte Torrijos, the first grandson of María Francisca Ricaurte Terreros and the second daughter of Juan Agustín Ricaurte Terreros, of whom José Ignacio was a great-nephew. The París Prieto marriage only lasted seven years due to the premature death of Juana María Prieto in 1819, leaving Manuela París Prieto and Enrique París Prieto as children. José Ignacio París was the father with Gregoria Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Martín París Álvarez
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch language, Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-British culture, Romano-Celtic surname, and people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wilson (astronomer)
Patrick Wilson FRSE LLD (often Anglicised as Peter Wilson) (1743 – 1811) was a Scottish astronomer, type-founder, mathematician and meteorologist. He was the Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy at the University of Glasgow from 1784 to 1799. In 1783 he was one of the several joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Life Wilson was born on 16 January 1743, the second son of Jean Sharp and Alexander Wilson, the first Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy the University of Glasgow. He was appointed his father's successor in 1784 before his father resigned the position. Likely due to the failing health of his father, they shared the role until his father's death in 1786. He was Clerk of the University Senate from 1783 to 1795 and 1796 to 1799, and was awarded an honorary LLD in 1800. In 1782 he was employed as an assistant to his father, to take care of instruments, make observations, and help with teaching. Patrick Wilson continued his father's type-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Sáenz
Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (Quito, Viceroyalty of New Granada, 27 December 1797 – Peru, 23 November 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for women's rights. Manuela received the Order of the Sun (Peru), Order of the Sun ("''Caballeresa del Sol''" or 'Dame of the Sun'), honoring her services in the revolution. Sáenz married a wealthy English doctor in 1817 and became a socialite in Lima, Peru. This provided the setting for involvement in political and military affairs, and she became active in support of revolutionary efforts. Leaving her husband in 1822, she soon began an eight-year collaboration and intimate relationship with Simón Bolívar that lasted until his death in 1830. After she prevented an 1828 assassination attempt against him and facilitated his escape, Bolívar began to call her "''Libertadora del libertador''" ("liberator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palacio De San Carlos, Bogotá
The San Carlos Palace (; previously Colegio Seminario de San Bartolomé), is a 16th-century Neoclassical mansion in Bogotá, Colombia. Located on the corner of Calle 10 and Carrera 5, the historic building has been the site of various political, social and academic events. Since December 1993, it has been home to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."Historia Palacio San Carlos" Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 17 May 2013. History The Palace of San Carlos The history of the building goes back to the end of the 16th century when it was built by Archdeacon Francisco Porras Mej ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Cemetery Of Bogotá
Central Cemetery of Bogotá (Spanish language, Spanish: ) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument in 1984. Some of the sculptors of the mausoleums are Tenerani and Sighinolfi. Pavilion of the Presidents and First Ladies The cemetery has been the site of many funerals and burials. The presidents buried in the pavilion of the presidents: Central wing * Francisco de Paula Santander – First constitutional Colombian president * Miguel Abadía Méndez – Former president * Santos Acosta – Former president * Miguel Antonio Caro – Former president * Laureano Gómez – Former president * José Ignacio de Márquez – Former president * Rafael Reyes – Former president * Eustorgio Salgar, Eustorgio Salgar Moreno – Former president * Eduardo Santos Montejo, Eduardo Santos – Former president Right wing * Santiago P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilo Torres Tenorio
José Camilo Clemente de Torres Tenorio (November 22, 1766 – October 5, 1816) was a Neogranadine independence leader and lawyer who also served as president of the United Provinces of New Granada. He is credited as being an early founder of the nation due to his role in early struggles for independence from Spain. Biography Torres was born in Popayán, Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1766. He was the son of Francisco Jerónimo Torres and María Teresa Tenorio. Torres studied in the Seminary of Popayán, where he met others of the leaders of the Colombian independence movement like Francisco Antonio Zea and his cousin, Francisco José de Caldas. He then moved to Santafé (now known as Bogotá), to study jurisprudence in the Colegio del Rosario, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Canonical Law in June of 1790, and a J.D degree in 1791. He decided to settle in Santafé, where he opened an attorney's office. Torres married María Francisca Prieto y Ricaurte in 1802 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department
Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá, Boyacá, Puerto Boyacá. Boyacá borders to the north with the Department of Santander Department, Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Norte de Santander, to the east with the departments of Arauca Department, Arauca and Casanare Department, Casanare. To the south, Boyacá borders the department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia covering a total area of . The capital of Boyacá is the city of Tunja. Boyacá is known as "The Land of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Holguín
Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino (30 October 1848 – 2 March 1928) was a Colombian politician and military officer, two time Acting President of Colombia: June–August 1909 as interim president, and from November 1921 to August 1922. He also served a term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in which he signed the Holguín-Avebury treaty.http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/holgjorg.htmBiblioteca Luis Angel Arango; Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino] Early life He was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Republic of New Granada. His brother was Carlos Holguín Mallarino. He became a businessman, soldier, journalist, writer, and politician. He served in both the Colombian Civil War of 1876 and the Colombian Civil War of 1895. Career He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1897 until 1898, and again from 7 August 1918 – 16 September 1918. He was Minister of Finance from 7 August 1904 – 15 December 1904, and 11 March 1909 – 22 March 1909. He was Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Uribe Holguín
Guillermo Uribe Holguín (sometimes spelled Uribe-Holguín) (17 March 1880 – 26 June 1971) was a Colombian composer and violinist and one of the most important Colombian cultural figures of his generation. He composed prolifically in many genres and founded the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia (previously the orchestra of the National Conservatory). Biography Uribe Holguín was born in Bogotá. His father was Guillermo Uribe and his mother Mercédes Holguín. While studying at the School of Engineering, he simultaneously studied violin with Ricardo Figueroa, and composition with Santos Cifuentes and Augusto Azzali, at the National Academy of Music. He became dissatisfied with his progress, and sought out a private teacher, Narciso Garay. He completed his engineering studies. In 1903 he visited New York City and for the first time he heard professional orchestras and opera. It was there that he started his series of 300 ''trozos'', based on folk melodies, wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Uribe Y Troncoso
Manuel Uribe y Troncoso (17 June 1867, in Toluca, Mexico – 21 January 1959, in New York City, United States) was a Mexican ophthalmologist. A joint founder of the Mexican Ophthalmology Society, he was a renowned expert on the physiology and diseases of the eye. In 1943 President Manuel Ávila Camacho Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he cam ... appointed him one of the founding members of the Colegio Nacional. Inventions *A monocular self-illuminating gonioscope *A binocular corneal microscope *A “Demonstration Eye” for refraction anomalies Publications *''Por tierras mejicanas'' (1919) *''Internal Diseases of the Eye and Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy'' (1937) *''A Treatise of Gonioscopy'' (1947) ReferencesManuel Uribe y Troncoso: Biografía(El Colegio Nacional)Manuel Uri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvestre Samper Agudelo
Silvestre is a Spanish and Portuguese given name or surname, or a French surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Cindy Silvestre (born 1993), French kickboxer *Franck Silvestre (born 1967), retired French footballer *Isac Silvestre (born 2006), Brazilian footballer *Israel Silvestre (1621–1691; called the Younger to distinguish him from his father), prolific French draftsman * José Plaridel Silvestre, writer and senior official of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines *Louis de Silvestre (1675–1760), French portrait and history painter, (son of Israel Silvestre) *Manuel Silvestre (born 1965), former Spanish water polo player *Matías Silvestre (born 1984), Argentine football (soccer) player *Mikaël Silvestre (born 1977), French football (soccer) player *Paul Armand Silvestre (1837–1901), French poet and conteur ;Part of combined surname *Manuel Fernández Silvestre (1871–1921), Spanish military general *Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838), French li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Pérez De Manosalbas
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which has a population of seven million, representing 40% of Chile's total population. Most of the city is situated between above sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has served as the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city features a downtown core characterized by 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side streets with a mix of Art Deco, Gothic Revival, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is defined by several standalone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, which is lined by parks such as Parque Bicentenario, Parque Forestal, and Parque de la Familia. The Andes Mountains are visible from most parts of the city and contribute to a smog problem, particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
