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Antonio Jose de Irisarri
Antonio Jose de Irisarri Alonso , was a Guatemalan statesman, journalist and Interim Supreme Director of Chile (1814). He is considered one of the fathers of Chilean journalism together with Fr. Camilo Henriquez.
Irisarri was born in Guatemala City, the son of Juan Bautista de Irisarri and of Maria de la Paz Alonso. He studied in his native city and in Europe, from whence he was recalled back to his home after the death of his father in 1805. In 1809 he visited Chile, and having married Mercedes Trucios y Larrain, an heiress there, took up his residence in that ...
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