Francisco Antonio Cosme Bueno
Spanish-Peruvian physician and scientist
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Francisco Antonio Cosme Bueno y Alegre (also known as Cosme Bueno; born April 9, 1711 in Belver de Cinca, Aragón, Spain; died March 11, 1798 in Lima, Peru) was a prominent Spanish-Peruvian physician and scientist in the Viceroyalty of Peru.[1][2]
BornApril 9, 1711
Belver de Cinca, Aragón, Spain
DiedMarch 11, 1798 (aged 86)
Lima, Peru
OthernameCosme Bueno
OccupationsPhysician and scientist
Francisco Antonio Cosme Bueno y Alegre | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 9, 1711 Belver de Cinca, Aragón, Spain |
| Died | March 11, 1798 (aged 86) Lima, Peru |
| Other name | Cosme Bueno |
| Occupations | Physician and scientist |
| Title | Cosmógrafo Mayor del Virreinato del Perú |
He began his career as a pharmacist.[2] His work as a physician was influenced by the work of Hermann Boerhaave and Anton de Haen.[2] He received his medical degree in 1750.[2]
In 1744 he married donia Maria Gonz6alez de Mendoza.[2] They had nine children.[2]
Works
- Disertación physico experimental sobre la naturaleza del agua, y sus propiedades. --Lima : [s.n.], [1750?].
- Colección geográfica e histórica de los arzobispados y obispados del Reyno del Perú, con las descripciones de las provincias de su jurisdicción. -- [Lima : s.n., 1759-1776].
- Catálogo histórico de los virreyes, governadores, presidentes, y capitanes generales del Perú, con los sucesos más principales de sus tiempos. -- [Lima] : [s.n.], [1763?].
- Tablas de las declinaciones del sol, calculadas al meridiano de Lima, que puedan servir sin error sensible desde el año de 1764, hasta el de 1775, inclusive. -- Lima : [s.n.], 1763.
- Inoculación de las viruelas. -- [Lima : s.n., 1778].
- Geografía del Perú virreinal. -- Lima : [D. Miranda], 1951.