Pablo Macera
Born
Pablo Andrés Macera Dall'Orso

(1929-12-19)19 December 1929
Huacho, Peru
Died9 January 2020(2020-01-09) (aged 90)
Lima, Peru
NationalityPeruvian
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
OccupationHistorian

Pablo Macera (19 December 1929 – 9 January 2020) was a Peruvian historian.

Biography

Pablo Macera did his primary studies at La Salle School where he already felt a predilection for the History course.[1] His secondary education was made at the Hipólito Unanue School.[2]

At 16 he entered the Faculty of Letters and Law of the National University of San Marcos, later change his career for History. He graduated as a bachelor in 1960 with the thesis "Ensayos sobre el siglo XVIII en el Perú (cultura y economía)" and in France, as a doctor in 1962, with the thesis "La imagen francesa del Perú (siglos XVI -XIX)".[2]

He is the founder of the Andean Rural History Seminar, an institute belonging to the National University of San Marcos,[3] of which he would be appointed professor emeritus.[2]

He was president of the Patronato Nacional de Arqueología[4] and professor at various universities. He was elected congressman of the Republic in the year 2000.[2]

He donated his personal library to the National Library of Peru at the end of April 2015. His collection is made up of more than 34 thousand titles. The donation also includes an archive of more than one thousand manuscripts from the viceregal era and the War of the Pacific.[3]

Macera died on January 9, 2020, at age 90.[5][6] His remains were veiled in the Casona of the National University of San Marcos, in Lima.[7]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Falleció el destacado historiador Pablo Macera a los 91 años" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pablo Macera: una vida dedicada a la historia del Perú" (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Historiador Pablo Macera donó su biblioteca a la BNP" (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Murió el connotado historiador peruano Pablo Macera a los 90 años" (in Spanish). Perú21. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Pablo Macera, uno de los historiadores más reconocidos del país, falleció a los 90 años" (in Spanish). RPP. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Pablo Macera: el último gran historiador" (in Spanish). La República. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Velan restos de historiador Pablo Macera en Casona de San Marcos" (in Spanish). Andina. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

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