Osvaldo Silva Galdames (1940–2019) was a Chilean historian active within the field of
prehistory
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. He was a founder of the academic history journals ''
Cuadernos de Historia'' and ''
Revista de Historia Indígena'', as well being a driving force behind the establishment of the ''Magíster de Historia con mención en etnohistoria'' at the
University of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. .
[ At the same university he served as director of the department for Historical Science for many years.]May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
of 1940 in Santiago
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, being the son of Osvaldo Silva Rivera and Berta Galdames Ramírez. He was married with Paulina Dittborn Cordua.
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1940 births
2019 deaths
Anthropology educators
Prehistorians
20th-century Chilean historians
20th-century Chilean male writers
21st-century Chilean historians
21st-century Chilean male writers
Chilean anthropologists
Chilean schoolteachers
Temple University alumni
University of Chile alumni
University of Chile scholars
University of Chile faculty
People from Santiago
Historians of the Mapuche world