Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

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.

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  1. ^ "Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga". Academia Nacional de Letras. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. ^ "Dámaso Larrañaga". Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  3. ^ Larrañaga
  4. ^ Mones, Álvaro (October 1977). "Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 140 años de historia" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 18.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index. Larrañaga.


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