Author · Argentina
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Died in 1888
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born on 15 February 1811 in San Juan, in a poor suburb, and learnt to read at the age of four. Exiled to Chile in 1831, then again in 1840, he wrote there in the press and founded a newspaper in 1842. Governor of his province from 1862 to 1864, he was president of the Republic from 1868 to 1874; more than eight hundred schools were founded during that time, according to the Argentine presidency. He died in Asunción on 11 September 1888.
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- EssayFacundo: Civilization and BarbarismFacundo. Civilización y barbarieDomingo Faustino Sarmiento · 1845LiteraturePublic domain