Eduardo Acevedo Maturana (

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, 1815 – 1863) was a

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and politician.

Biography

He studied law in

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and became a renowned law scholar. His project was influential in the later creation of the

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. He also collaborated with

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in the elaboration of the

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. A man from the National Party, he was Foreign Minister in the government of

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in 1860. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1863. Afterwards he was a member of the Higher Court until his death.

Family

Married to Joaquina Vásquez Fernández, he had six children:

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(another prominent politician), Adela, Julia, Paulina, Joaquina, and Luisa (who married

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and gave birth to many notable lawyers and politicians). One of his brothers, Norberto Acevedo Maturana, had also a fruitful offspring, notably the writer and journalist Eduardo Acevedo Díaz.

References

1815 births 1863 deaths Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay People from Montevideo Uruguayan jurists National Party (Uruguay) politicians Foreign ministers of Uruguay 19th-century Uruguayan people Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo {{Uruguay-law-bio-stub