Diego Barros Arana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Diego Barros Arana

Chilean historian

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1830

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1907

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat, historian, translator

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana (American Spanish: ['dje?o 'ßaros a'?ana]; August 16, 1830 – November 4, 1907) was a Chilean professor, legislator, minister and diplomat.
He is considered the most important Chilean historian of the 19th century.
His main work General History of Chile (Spanish: Historia General de Chile) is a 15-volume work that spanned over 300 years of the nation's history. Barros Arana was of Basque descent.
He also was an educator and a diplomat.
He was director of the Instituto Nacional, a public high school, and of the University of Chile.