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About José Bernardino Quijada
- José Bernardino Quijada Vivanco (May 20, 1848 - date of death unknown) was a Chilean educator.
- He was born May 20, 1848 in Lontué, Talca Province, Chile.
- His parents were Pedro Pablo Quijada and Carmen Vivanco.
- He did his first studies of humanities at the Liceos of Curico and Talca.
- He studied teaching in the classes in the Escuela Normal de Santiago.
- He started teaching in 1863, teaching primary instruction in the province of his birth, in elementary schools and secondary schools.
- In 1865 he was appointed professor and librarian at the Liceo de Talca.
- In 1869, he was appointed professor at the colejio of San Vicente de Paula.
- Until 1871 he devoted himself to teaching in various educational establishments in his home province.
- In 1872 he was appointed rector of the Liceo de Ancud, and was in charge of several subjects.
- In 1873 he was appointed city treasurer of Ancud.
- In 1885 he was appointed rector of the Liceo de Rancagua, in which post he remained for two years.
- At the founding of the Pedagogical Institute, he was commissioned by the government to make special studies in that institution, to introduce reforms in teaching methods of secondary schools.
- At the request of the Ministry of Education, he visited the liceos of Valdivia, Puerto Montt, and Ancud.
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