Rafael María Baralt

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.


Rafael María Baralt
Born
Rafael María Baralt y Pérez

(1810-07-03)3 July 1810
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Died4 January 1860(1860-01-04) (aged 49)
Madrid, Spain
Seat R of the Real Academia Española
In office
27 November 1853  4 January 1860
Preceded byJuan Donoso Cortés
Succeeded byTomás Rodríguez Rubí

Life

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.[1]

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.

Books

  • Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela (1840)
  • Adiós a la Patria (1842).

References

  1. "Rafael María Baralt - letra R". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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