José Armando de Ramón Folch (February 6, 1927 - February 29, 2004) was a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an historian mostly known for his study of
urban history
Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization. The approach is often multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like social history, architectural history, urb ...
.
In 1954 de Ramón joined the newly founded Instituto de Investigacions Históricas of the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...
led by
Jaime Eyzaguirre
Jaime Eyzaguirre (21 December 1908 – 17 September 1968) was a Chilean lawyer, essayist and historian. He is variously recognized as a writer of Spanish traditionalist or conservative historiography in his country.Góngora ''et al''., pp. 201â ...
.
He was part of the editorial committee of the journal ''
Historia'' since it was established in 1961.
In 1998 he was awarded the
Chilean National History Award
The Chilean National History Award (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Historia''), part of the National Prize of Chile The National Prize of Chile ( es, Premio Nacional de Chile) is the collective name given to a set of awards granted by the government ...
.
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1927 births
2004 deaths
People from Santiago
University of Chile alumni
Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
20th-century Chilean historians
20th-century Chilean male writers
21st-century Chilean historians
21st-century Chilean male writers
Urban planning in Chile
Chilean architectural historians