Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo, 9 December 1771 – Montevideo, 16 February 1848)[1][2] was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist.

Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

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[permanent dead link]
  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.