Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, 1811-1888
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Name (Hebrew)
סרמיינטו, דומינגו פאוסטינו, 1811-1888
Name (Latin)
Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, 1811-1888
Other forms of name
Sarmiento, D. F. (Domingo Faustino), 1811-1888
Sarmiento, Domingo F. (Domingo Faustino), 1811-1888
Sarmiento, Faustino Valentín, 1811-1888
nnaa Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, Pres. Argentine Republic, 1811-1888
Date of birth
1811-02-15
Date of death
1888-09-11
Occupation
Lawyers
literary author
Presidents
Teachers
Associated Language
spa
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina authorities database, May 27, 2021:(heading: Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino,1811-1888; cites several sources with his place of birth as San Juan, Argentina and his place of death as Asunción, Paraguay; some sources state that his birth date is February 14, 1811 and some sources state that his birth date is February 15, 1811; his real name was Faustino Valentín but his mother, Paula Albarracín, called him Domingo Faustino, after the saint that she was devoted to)
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, (born February 15, 1811 in San Juan, Argentina); died September 11, 1888 in Asunción, Paraguay; source: Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture ( (Encyclopedia.com website, May 27, 2021:) )
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, (born February 14, 1811, San Juan, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata [now in Argentina]); died September 11, 1888, Asunción, Paraguay; educator, statesman, and writer who rose from a position as a rural schoolmaster to become president of Argentina (1868-1874); as president, he laid the foundation for later national progress by fostering public education, stimulating the growth of commerce and agriculture, and encouraging the development of rapid transportation and communication; as a writer, he is best remembered for his sociological-biographical study Civilización y barbarie : vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga, y aspecto físico, costumbres, y hábitos de la República Argentina (1845; Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants; or, Civilization and Barbarism), which is a plea for industrialization and urbanization as opposed to the culture of the gauchos of the Argentine pampas ( (Encyclopædia Britannica website, May 27, 2021:) )
- Facundo, c2003:t.p. (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) p. 7, etc. (b. Feb. 15, 1811; d. in 1888 at age of 77; president of Argentina, 1868-1874)
- His Sarmiento, 1901.
- Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino. Todos los tiempos, 2008:t.p. (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) cover flap (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento "Facundo"; b. San Martín; lawyer, literary author)
- LCN