Julián Bourdeu (

Bagnères-de-Bigorre Bagnères-de-Bigorre (, literally ''Bagnères of Bigorre''; ) is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, Department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occita ...

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, 1870 -

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

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, 1932) was an active neighbour of the city of

promoter of progress and culture, a pioneer of the Villa Crespo quarter where he was the founder of various institutions. He was also active in other quarters of the city (such as Villa Talar). Judge of the Peace, journalist and a

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Commissioner. Bourdeu arrived in

in 1888 and was the first Chief Accountant of the ''Fábrica Nacional de Calzado'' (National Shoe Factory). The establishing of the factory in that year led to the creation of

Villa Crespo Villa Crespo is a middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently a population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km2. Villa Crespo ...

(initially called "San Bernardo"), one of the pioneer towns in Buenos Aires. Bourdeu therefore became one of the pioneers in that zone. The following year Bourdeu was Justice of the Peace, and the founder or co-founder of many

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, the newspaper"''El Progreso''" (1895), Biblioteca Popular de San Bernardo (San Bernardo Public Library, 1910, presently "''Biblioteca Popular Alberdi''") and the first director or president of many others. Prior to the 1904 presidential

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, Julian Bourdeu was elected as a member of the

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that voted

Manuel Quintana Manuel Pedro Quintana Sáenz (October 19, 1835 – March 12, 1906) was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office. Biography Manuel Quintana was born on October 19, 1835, son of Eladio de la Quintana ...

as President of the Republic and elected national senators for the capital, the Argentine electoral system at the time being indirect. In 1904, an act was passed in order to improve the relations between the law enforcement authorities and the community and, as a consequence, a number of notable citizens were asked to join the ranks of the

. Bourdeu was appointed Commissary of the Capital Police (in the city of Buenos Aires), a force that, in 1947, became the ''

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''. Simultaneously with his police role he took significant and constant action in all areas related to community culture and development in many neighbourhoods of the city of

. Julien Bourdeu died in

in February 1932.

References

* ''El Barrio de Villa Crespo'', del Pino, Diego A.; Cuadernos de Buenos Aires, N° XLIV; first edition, Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1974. * ''Historia de Villa Crespo - Pasado y presente del barrio''. Dr. Francavilla, Cayetano; Author’s edition, Buenos Aires, 1978. * ''Buenos Aires: cronología del barrio de Belgrano y sus alrededores, 1855-1910''. Córdoba, Alberto Octavio; Association of Friends of the Sarmiento Historical Museum (Asociación de Amigos del Museo Histórico Sarmiento), Buenos Aires, 1980. * Archives of the Institute for Historical Studies of the Policía Federal Argentina. * Services file of Julián Bourdeu, Policía de la Capital, Buenos Aires. * Archive of the Junta Barrial y de Estudios Históricos de Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires.

External links

* http://barriada.com.ar/VillaTalar/VillaTalar_1.htm * http://biblioalberdi.webs.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourdeu, Julian 1870 births 1932 deaths French emigrants to Argentina People from Bagnères-de-Bigorre