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Jose Toribio Medina
Jose Toribio Medina (21 October 1852 - 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer.
He was born at Santiago, Chile, and was educated for the bar. His first publication, when a very young man, was a metrical translation of Longfellow's Evangeline. When twenty-two he was appointed secretary to the legation at Lima, Peru. After his return he published a history of Chilean literature (1878), and a work upon the aboriginal tribes (1884).
In this latter year he was appointed secretary of legation in Spain, and availed himself of the opportunity of examining the treasures of the old Spanish libraries. These researches, repeated ...
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