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MARIANO FELIPE PAZ SOLDAN (1821-1886)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 2 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARIANO FELIPE PAZ SOLDAN (1821-1886)  , Peruvian historian and geographer, was

born at
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Arequipa, on the 22nd of August 1821 . He studied law, and after holding some minor judicial offices, was minister to New Granada in 1853.- After his return he occupied himself with plans for the establishment of a model penitentiary at
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Lima, which he was enabled to accomplish through the support of General Castilla . In 186o Castilla made him director of public
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works, in which capacity he superintended the erection of the Lima statue of Bolivar . He was also concerned in the reform of the currency by the withdrawal of the debased Bolivian coins . In 1861 he published his
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great
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atlas of the republic of Peru, and in 1868 the first
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volume of his
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history of Peru after the acquisition of her independence . A second volume followed, and a third, bringing the history down to 1839, was published after his
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death by his son . In 187o he was minister of justice and worship under President
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Balta, but shortly afterwards retired from public
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life to devote himself to his great
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geographical
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dictionary of Peru, which was published in 1877 . During the disastrous war with Chile he sought
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refuge at Buenos Aires, where he was made professor in the
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National College, and where he wrote and published a history of the war (1884) . He died on the 31st of December 1886 .

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