Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
Gender:Male
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
1786 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Not applicable | - | Born |
1817 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | He was a member of the Sociedad de Buen Gusto. |
1824 | - | Río de la Plata | - | Unknown | - | He died in a shipwreck in the Río de la Plata. |
Connections:
Tertulia, Buen GustoBiography:
A poet, mathematician and a metallurgist, born in 1786. He wrote several poems to commemorate the battles of independence. "Al pueblo de Buenos Aires" urged people to live in the countryside and raise cattle and horses. He was among the 28 members of La Sociedad de Buen Gusto, that had its first meeting in July 1817. It was founded to perform dramas. He died in a shipwreck in the Río de la Plata in 1824. (Coaster, 57, 58)
(Related to Isabel Casamayor de de Luca?)
References:
Coester, Alfred (1919) The Literary History of Spanish America