ir. Miguel Triana | |
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| Born | (1859-11-26)26 November 1859 |
| Died | 29 April 1931(1931-04-29) (aged 71) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Education | Civil and military engineering |
| Alma mater | Escuela de Ingeniería del Coronel Antonio de Narváez |
| Known for | Muisca pictographs,numerals,religion |
| Spouse | Juana Echeverri |
| Children | Jorge Felipe Triana Echeverri (son) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineering,history |
| Institutions | Universidad Nacional |
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Miguel Triana Ruiz de Cote (26 November 1859 – 29 April 1931) was a Colombianengineer andMuisca scholar.[2] He is best known for his 1922 publicationLa Civilización Chibcha; "The Muisca civilisation". Triana wrote a number of books about the Muisca and their culture.[3] Miguel Triana especially contributed to the knowledge of thereligion,society and the creation ofrock art throughout theMuisca Confederation. Triana was the first Colombian investigator relating the Muisca culture with thepictographs.[4] He described hundreds of rock paintings and carvings in his bookEl jeroglífico Chibcha.[5]
Miguel Triana was born on 26 November 1859 in theGranadine Confederation capital Bogotá as son of general Domingo de San Vicente y de los Santos Triana Loboguerrero and Dolores (or Clotilde) Ruiz de Cote.[1][6] He had a brother Felipe Triana Ruiz de Cote.[1] He attended the Colegio del Rosario until age 18 and studiedcivil andmilitary engineering at theEscuela de Ingeniería del Coronel Antonio de Narváez where he graduated in 1880.[2]
Triana worked as an engineer for the train line of Puerto Wilches, finished in 1883, the central northern highway and train tracks inCúcuta and on irrigation projects in theValley of Sogamoso as part of a study to dewaterLake Tota. From 1890 Triana was director of public works in Nariño and from 1917 manager of the Municipal Tramway of Bogotá.[2]
Miguel Triana was professor in physics, hydraulics, geometry, trigonometry and drawing at the faculty of Engineering of theUniversidad Nacional in Bogotá. He was affiliated with various organisations in Colombia, among others:Sociedad Físico-Literaria de Bogotá,El Ateneo,Sociedad de Ingenieros Civiles de los Estados Unidos,Sociedad Colombiana de Ciencias Naturales and theSociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros, founded by Triana in 1887.[2]
Triana was interested in the former inhabitants of theAltiplano Cundiboyacense where he was born and studied the history of theMuisca (also called "Chibcha", as thelanguage they speak) and in 1922 he published his major workLa Civilización Chibcha Other works areEl jeroglífico Chibcha andLas leyendas Chibchas. The former work was the result of forty years of studying rock art inBoyacá,Cundinamarca,Meta and other parts of Colombia.[7]
Miguel Triana married Juana Echeverri and the couple got one son, Jorge Felipe Triana Echeverri.[1] Triana died on 29 April 1931 in his city of birth.[2]
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