Women and Independence in Latin America

An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Miguel Tafur

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1766  -  Lima  -  Not applicable  -  Born
1819  -  Lima  -  Unknown  -  He was Vice-rector at San Fernando.
1822  -  Lima  -  Patriot  -  He made a speech "Las causas que retardan la independencia de Lima, Patriotismo y opinión pública," before the Sociedad Patriótica on 3 May 1822 which was published in El Sol del Perú.
1833  -  Lima  -  Unknown  -  Died

Connections:

Sociedad Patriótica de Lima

Biography:
Born in 1766, he taught at the Universidad de San Marcos and was vice-rector of San Fernando from June 1819. He was Protomedicato general del Estado under San Martín. He became a diputado del Congreso and director of the Colegio de la Independencia. A member of the Sociedad Patriótica. His speech, "Las causas que retardan la independencia de Lima, Patriotismo y opinión pública," made on 3 May 1822, was published in El Sol del Perú. He died in 1833. (Martínez Riaza, 69)

References:

Martínez Riaza, Ascención (1985) La prensa doctrina en la independencia de Perú, 1811-1824