DOMINGO FAUSTINO SARMIENTO
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President of the Argentine Republic, and educational writer; born in San Juan, A. R., Feb. 15, 1811; died in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sept. 11, 1888. During 1845-47 he visited Europe and the United States to study the system of primary schools. During his travels he made the acquaintance of Cobden, Guizot, Humboldt, and Horace Mann; under the influence of the latter he wrote "Popular Education", published (1848) by the Chilian government. Other important works of his are: "Life of Lincoln" (1866), and "The Schools the Foundation of Well-Being in the United States" (1868).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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