Manuel Atanasio Fuentes | |
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 Fuentes as "El Murciélago" | |
| Born | (1820-05-02)May 2, 1820 |
| Died | January 2, 1889(1889-01-02) (aged 68) Lima, Peru |
| Resting place | Presbítero Maestro |
| Other names | El Murciélago |
| Alma mater | Museo Latino[a] Convictorio de San Carlos |
| Occupations | Writer, magistrate, physician |
Manuel Atanasio Fuentes Delgado (Lima;May 2, 1820 —January 2, 1889),[2] also known asEl Murciélago (The Bat), was a Peruvian writer, journalist, magistrate and physician. He is considered one of the country's most prolific and versatile writers of the 19th century.[3]
Fuentes was born inLima onMay 2, 1820, to parents Andrea Delgado and Francisco Fuentes (or De las Fuentes). He studied at the Museo Latino,[a] after which he continued his studies at theConvictorio de San Carlos, where he received a bachelor's degree in Canons and Law (in 1836) and in the College of Medicine (on September 1, 1833).[2]
Fuentes assumed the leadership of the College of Medicine of San Carlos on September 1, 1838. This position led to a business trip to France in 1845 in order to acquire laboratory equipment. Upon his return, he became a lawyer in September of the following year, working inHuánuco as such from 1846 to 1849. He later established himself in Lima, where he collaborated as a journalist.[2]
Following another trip to France, he organised theImprenta del Estado (the government's official publishing house), theNational Exhibition and participated in the creation of the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences ofSan Marcos, formally established through the legal resolution of April 5, 1873. He also created the discipline of Legal Medicine in 1875, and served as director of Statistics in 1877. From 1879 to 1881, he served as dean of theLima Bar Association [es]. Due to the hostility of theChilean authorities, he moved toGuayaquil for the remainder of theWar of the Pacific.[2]
From 1886 to 1888, he served as a prosecutor of theSupreme Court. As editor, he worked onEl Buscapique (1839),El Murciélago (1855, 1867–1868, 1879),La Gaceta judicial (1861, 1874–1875),La Época (1862),El Monitor de la Moda,El Semanario de los Niños,Memorias de los Virreyes (1859; six volumes),Biblioteca Peruana de Historia (1861; nine volumes) and the 1876 census.[2]
He died onJanuary 2, 1889.[2] His former 1,200.42m2 residence in theCalle de la Rifa, now known as theEdificio Fabbri, is part of theHistoric Centre of Lima. It had been acquired by the government in 1867 to house its printing press, organised by Fuentes. It was later expanded, with said works likely dating back to 1890.[4]
Main works of Fuentes include:[2]
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