José Baquíjano y Carrillo, Count of Vistaflorida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Baquíjano y Carrillo, Count of Vistaflorida

Spanish economist

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1751

Place of Birth: Lima, Peru

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1817

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Spain, Peru

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

José Javier de Baquíjano y Carrillo de Córdoba, III Count of Vistaflorida (March 12, 1751, Lima, Peru—January 24, 1817, Seville, Spain) was a Spanish/Peruvian economist and jurist, writer and politician, and one of the first great intellectuals of the Viceroyalty of Peru. He was the second son of Juan Bautista de Baquíjano y Urigoen, I Count of Vistaflorida, and María Ignacia Carrillo de Córdova y Garcés de Mansilla. Baquíjano inherited the Vistaflorida title from his older brother in 1809, becoming 3rd Count of Vistaflorida.
Baquíjano earned a doctorate in law from the University of San Marcos in Lima.
In 1773-76 he traveled to Spain, where he met Pablo de Olavide and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.
Upon his return to Peru, he took on the task of protector of the Indigenous, and became a professor of law.