Mercedes Marín del Solar

Mercedes Marín Recabarren was born on 11 September 1804 in Santiago. Her mother, Luisa Recabarren, kept a salon; her father, José Gaspar Marín, had been secretary of the first governing junta, according to Memoria Chilena. Educated mainly within her family, she married José María del Solar in the 1830s, again according to Memoria Chilena, and became one of the best-known salon hostesses in the city. She drew up a study plan for the education of girls, and died on 21 December 1866.

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• PoetryCanto fúnebre a la muerte de Don Diego PortalesMercedes Marín del Solar · 1837not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain