Octavio Acevedo
Octavio José Acevedo (1875 - 1933) was an Argentine soldier, lawyer, writer and teacher, who served as professor at the National College of Buenos Aires.[2] He was the editor of El Progreso, a defunct weekly published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3]
Octavio Acevedo | |
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Professor of Geography of the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires | |
In office 1900–1933 | |
Preceded by | ? |
Succeeded by | ? |
Professor of the Liceo Nacional de Señoritas No. 2 of Buenos Aires | |
In office ? – ? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Octavio José Acevedo y Canaveris 1875 Buenos Aires |
Died | 1933 Buenos Aires |
Nationality | Argentine |
Education | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Occupation | teaching writer |
Profession | jurist educator army |
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Military service | |
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Branch/service | Argentine Army |
Years of service | 1894-1898 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Regimiento 1° de Caballería |
Commands | National Reserve Forces[1] |
He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Pedro Acevedo and Axa Cristina Canaveris,[4] belonging to an illustrious family. He completed his secondary studies at the National College, and tertiary studies at the University of Buenos Aires where he received his law degree. His work as a lawyer includes services provided jointly with Samuel Donovan to the Asociación Católica Irlandesa of Buenos Aires.[5]
His main profession was that he exercised in the educational area, serving for more than thirty years as a geography professor in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He was the author of some educational works, including Apuntes constitucionales tomados de las conferencias del Dr. Del Valle,[6] Historia de la geografía argentina[7] and Curso de Moral Práctica.[8]
He had a short military career possibly taking part in some skirmishes that occurred during Revolution of 1893. He served in the Regimiento 1° de Caballería of the Guardia Nacional, and also performing administrative duties in the Estado Mayor del Ejército until the late 1890s.[9]
He was a relative of Macedonio Fernández, a well-known Argentine writer,[10] and a descendant of Vicente Anastasio Echevarría, a politician who served in the Assembly of the Year XIII.[11]
References
- Registro nacional de la República argentina, Parte1. República Argentina. 1906.
- Archivos de la Universidad de Buenos Aires(boletín informativo de la Revista de la universidad)., Volumen8. Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1933.
- Papeles antiguos (escritos 1892-1907). Macedonio Fernández. 1981.
- Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 1935 1ra sección. República Argentina.
- Jurisprudencia argentina, Volumen 11. Argentina. 1923.
- La Literatura argentina: Revista bibliográfica, Volumen2. Lorenzo J. Rosso. 1929.
- Historia de la geografía argentina: conferencia dada en el Colegio Nacional Central el 10 de junio de 1903 /. Buenos Aires: Imprenta y Litografía La Buenos Aires, 1903.
- Revista, Volúmenes42-43. Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1919.
- Colección de leyes y decretos militares concernientes al ejército y armada de la República Argentina, Volumen 4. Ercilio Domínguez. 1898.
- Historia de la literatura argentina: Los proyectos de la vanguardia. Centro Editor de América Latina, 1986. 1986. ISBN 9789502516011.
- Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata ... Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía., 1936.