Orestes Araújo (

Mahón Mahón (), officially Maó (, ; formerly spelled ''Mahó''), and also written as Mahon or Port Mahon in English, is the capital and second largest city of Menorca. The city is located on the eastern coast of the island, which is part of the ar ...

, 1853 -

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, 1915) was a Uruguayan

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and

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. Born in

Menorca Menorca or Minorca (from , later ''Minorica'') is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Mallorca. Its capital is Maó, situated on the isl ...

, he settled in Montevideo in 1870 and worked in the newspaper ''La Paz'', established by

José Pedro Varela José Pedro Varela Berro (19 March 1845 - 24 October 1879) was an Uruguayan sociologist, journalist, politician, and educator. He was born in Montevideo. Uruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to his efforts. It ...

. Araújo helped him and his brother Jacobo in the implementation of a school reform, task which he undertook until 1889. He wrote several didactic and reference works:Books by Orestes Araújo
/ref> * ''Diccionario Geográfico del Uruguay'' (1900) * ''Historia de la Escuela Uruguaya'' (1911)

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1853 births 1915 deaths People from Mahón Uruguayan male writers 20th-century Uruguayan historians 19th-century Uruguayan educators 20th-century Uruguayan educators Uruguayan Freemasons {{Uruguay-historian-stub