Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist
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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo, 9 December 1771 – Montevideo, 16 February 1848)[1][2] was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist.
He was one of those principally responsible for the founding of the National Library of Uruguay and the National University of Uruguay.[3] Further, in 1837, he was part of a committee in charge of establishing the National Museum of Natural History.[4]
The private Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (established 1985) is named after him.
Bibliography
- Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. Montevideo: Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, 1922-1924, 3 v.
