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Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern co ...
, 9 December 1771 – Montevideo, 16 February 1848) was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist. He was one of those principally responsible for the founding of the
National Library of Uruguay The ' is the National Library of Uruguay, located in Montevideo. It was created in 1815 and is the legal deposit and copyright library for Uruguay. It has been located in its current building since 1955. In 2006, it had more than 900,000 book ...
and the National University of Uruguay.Larrañaga
/ref> The private Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (founded 1985) is named after him.


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1771 births 1848 deaths Uruguayan people of Basque descent Uruguayan botanists Uruguayan naturalists 19th-century Uruguayan Roman Catholic priests Catholic clergy scientists Uruguayan politicians Uruguayan librarians People from Montevideo Apostolic vicars of Uruguay Burials at Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral {{Uruguay-scientist-stub