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Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario.
Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction.
Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. (showing 500 of 1051 characters). |
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