Rafael María Baralt
Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española.
Also recorded as Rafael Maria Baralt
Rafael María Baralt
“Rostros y Personajes de Venezuela”, El Nacional (2002). · Public domain
- Birth Name
- Rafael María Baralt y Pérez
- Born
- 3 July 1810
- Birthplace
- Maracaibo, Viceroyalty of New Granada
- Died
- 4 January 1860
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain Rafael María Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians.
- Nationality
- Venezuela · Spain
- Occupation
- writer · literary critic · journalist · poet · philologist · diplomat · historian
- Education
- Saint Thomas Aquinas University
- Languages
- Spanish
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• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Birth Name — Rafael María Baralt y Pérez • Born — 3 July 1810 • Birthplace — Maracaibo, Viceroyalty of New Granada • Died — 4 January 1860 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain Rafael María Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española.
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Born in Maracaibo on 3 July 1810, he was the son of Miguel Antonio Baralt, who helped build the Baralt Theater in Maracaibo, and Ana Francisca Pérez, who was Dominican. Baralt was elected to seat R of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 27 November 1853. He suffered an untimely death in Madrid on 4 January 1860 due to the stresses and aggravations suffered during services rendered to his beloved country of birth. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela.
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• Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela (1840) • Adiós a la Patria (1842).
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Rafael María Baralt · Shell Magazine, Venezuela, 1962
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