Osvaldo Silva
Osvaldo Silva lecturing in the 2010s
Born(1940-05-24)24 May 1940
Santiago, Chile
Died2019
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of Chile, Prehistory

Osvaldo Silva Galdames (1940–2019) was a Chilean historian active within the field of prehistory. He was a founder of the academic history journals Cuadernos de Historia and Revista de Historia Indígena, as well being a driving force behind the establishment of the Magíster de Historia con mención en etnohistoria at the University of Chile.[1] At the same university he served as director of the department for Historical Science for many years.[1] Among Silva's contributions to history was a proposal for a different chronology of the Inca rule in Chile.[2]

He was born on May 24 of 1940 in Santiago, being the son of Osvaldo Silva Rivera and Berta Galdames Ramírez. He was married with Paulina Dittborn Cordua.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Comité Editorial (2019). "Osvaldo Silva Galdames (1940-2019)". Cuadernos de Historia (in Spanish). 50. doi:10.4067/S0719-12432019000100005.
  2. ^ Silva Galdames, Osvaldo (1983). "¿Detuvo la batalla del Maule la expansión inca hacia el sur de Chile?". Cuadernos de Historia (in Spanish). 3: 7–25. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Osvaldo Silva Galdames - Genealogía Chilena en Red". www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
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