Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño

✶December 11, 1890

†August 17, 1950

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About their life

Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño was an Ecuadorian historian, archeologist, and politician. He was the mayor of the city of Quito from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the Ecuadorian parliament and a candidate for the presidency of Ecuador. He published several works about the pre-Hispanic history of cultures in Ecuador.

mayor of Quito

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