José Joaquín Vallejo (Jotabeche)

José Joaquín Vallejo was born on 19 August 1811 in Copiapó, the son of the goldsmith Ramón Vallejo and Petronila Borkoski. A government scholarship holder, he studied at the Liceo de La Serena, then at the Liceo de Chile in Santiago, and began studying law without being able to finish it for lack of means. Back in Copiapó in 1841, he went into mining business and the press there, where he signed Jotabeche. Regidor of Copiapó and deputy for his province, he was appointed chargé d'affaires of Chile in Bolivia in 1852. He died on 27 September 1858.

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• NarrativeSketches of Life in Chile, 1841-1851Artículos de costumbresJosé Joaquín Vallejo (Jotabeche) · 1847LiteraturePublic domain