Julio Retamal Favereau

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Retamal and the second or maternal family name is Favereau.

Julio Gastón Retamal Favereau (November 14, 1933 – June 16, 2025) was a Chilean historian, genealogist and philosopher.[1][2]

Life and career

Retamal was born on November 14, 1933, in Constitución. In 1966, he obtained a degree in philosophy with a major in history at the University of Chile. While he was a student, he joined the Rehearsal Theater of the Catholic University (TEUC). In 1972, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford.[3]

In 1966, he was a visiting professor at the Universidad del Valle, Cali, and in 1977 at the Faculty of Letters in Paris. Between August 1973 and August 1976, he was director of the Institute of History of the Catholic University of Chile.[4]

Between 1976 and 1980, he was cultural attaché at the Chilean embassy in France. In 1983, he was appointed academic vice-rector of the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences, a position he held until 1985.[5]

In 1992, he was named a full member of the Chilean Academy of History. In 2003, he was appointed professor emeritus at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He served until January 2017 as a professor of Modern History and Theory of History at the Adolfo Ibáñez and Gabriela Mistral universities.[6][7]

Retamal Favereau died on June 16, 2025, at the age of 91.[8]

References

  1. ^ S.A.P., El Mercurio. "Restauración de la misa tradicional católica". diario.elmercurio.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  2. ^ "Canal13.cl - Reportajes del siglo". reportajes.canal13.cl. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  3. ^ Navarrete, José (2025-06-16). "Muere el académico e intelectual chileno Julio Retamal Favereau". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  4. ^ Copyright Bulletin: Quarterly Review. Unesco. 1979.
  5. ^ SoyChile (2017-07-09). "Julio Retamal Favereau, historiador: "En Occidente estamos en el ocaso de una civilización"". SoyChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  6. ^ ESPERANZA, LA (2025-06-16). "In memoriam Julio Retamal (1933-2025)". La Esperanza (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  7. ^ Salud, IPSUSS-Instituto de Políticas Públicas en. "Historiadores participan del ciclo sobre cambios sociales en Chile en el siglo XIX". ipsuss.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  8. ^ Navarrete, José (2025-06-16). "Muere el académico e intelectual chileno Julio Retamal Favereau". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
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