Rubén Vargas Ugarte (October 22, 1886 – February 14, 1975) was a

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priest and

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historian. He was the third president of the

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, and was ordained a

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in the

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in 1921. He was also the Director of the

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Works

*''General History of Peru''. Edition 12 Vol. Milla Batres, Lima 1971–1984. The first five volumes are devoted to the times of the Viceroyalty and Emancipation, and the other to the Republic until 1980. The last volume (11 º to 12 º) the completed historian Margarita Guerra. *''Church History of Peru''. 5 Vol Imp of Aldecoa, 1953–1962. This story only reaches to the late nineteenth century. *''Dictionary of Artificers Colonial''. Lima, 1937-1944 *''Life of Santa Rosa de Santa María''. Lima, 1945. *''The Viceregal Peru''. Editor Peruvian Typography. Lima, 1962 *''History of the Society of Jesus in Peru''. 4 Vol Imp of Aldecoa, Burgos 1963–1965. It covers the period from the arrival of the *Jesuits and their expulsion in 1767. *''History of Santo Cristo de los Milagros'', Printing Sanmartí, 3ra.Edición Lima 1966. *''The Real Convictorio Carolino and their two luminaries''. Editor Carlos Milla Batres, Lima, 1970 *''General history of the Pacific War''. Edit Milla Batres, Lima 1979

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Clergy from Lima 20th-century Peruvian historians Peruvian male writers 20th-century Peruvian Jesuits 1886 births 1975 deaths Members of the Mexican Academy of Language Historians of Peru 20th-century Peruvian male writers {{Peru-historian-stub

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