Manuel Uribe Ángel

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Manuel María Uribe Ángel
Senator of Colombia
In office
1882–1883
Personal details
Born(1822-09-04)4 September 1822
Our Lady of the Rosary University, Central University, University of Paris
ProfessionPhysician

Manuel María Uribe Angel (4 September 1822 – 16 June 1904) was a Colombian physician, geographer and politician, he has been called the "father of medicine of Antioquia" for his contributions to the advances of the practice of

Senator of Colombia
.

Life

Manuel María Uribe Angél

confirmed in the Roman Catholic faith by the 1st Bishop Antioquia Mariano Garnica y Dorjuela.[4]

Education

His education began in his home town and first taught by Alejo Escobar, and during his youth worked as secretary of the doctor Nicolás de Villa Tirado; the lack of proper education in Antioquia given the fresh independence of the nation, forced Uribe to depart to the capital of the country,

High College of Our Lady of the Rosary, where he was a student of both his brother Wenceslao, and his uncle Pedro Uribe Arango who were professors at the institution. After graduating from Our Lady of the Rosary, he moved on to study Medicine at the Central University of the Republic, from where he graduated in 1844 as Doctor in Medicine and Surgery.[5]

After graduating he moved for a short time back to Antiquia, but soon began a life of travelling, living in Quito, Ecuador where he received an honorary degree in Medicine from the Central University of Ecuador, from then to Peru, the United States, and finally to Paris, France, where he lived for two years specializing his medical training.[5] Upon his return to Antioquia he married Magdalena Urreta Saldarriaga in 1854, and remained in the country for a good time, practicing medicine, now a renowned man in his field.

Manuel Uribe Ángel developed a renowned fame not only as a doctor, but as a versatile and all-around intellectual socialite. In 1871, after the creation of the Department of Medicine of the

Colombian Academy of the (Spanish) Language, and the Colombian Academy of History,[8] and on 2 December 1903 he was named first president of the Academy of History of Antioquia.[9]

Politics

In 1875, he traveled again to the United States, this time not only as a mere tourist but as representative of his Government to the United States for the occasion of the Centenary of the death of

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.[8] On this occasion he also travelled to Mexico, and the Antilles, but on his return to the country due to the events of the Colombian Civil War of 1876, and the similar wars from then on, he began to venture in to the realm of politics as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party
.

In 1877, Uribe participated as

state in the United States of Colombia. His administration was challenged by the growing tensions between Liberals and Conservatives, Antioquia being a Conservative state was under attack by the Liberal Federal government and under the Military lead of Julián Trujillo Largacha, who succeeded Uribe on 31 October 1877[4]
in power after crushing of Conservative forces.

Uribe Ángel was sent to the

Sovereign State of Panama to Represent Antioquia at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Panama Canal on 1 January 1880.[5]

In 1882, as a member of the Liberal party, Uribe Ángel was elected

Senator of Colombia.[4]

Death

Bust by Jairo Cano E. of Manuel Uribe Ángel, located along Avenue la Playa, Medellín. Inscription reads: “Eminent Doctor. Governor of Antioquia.”

Manuel Uribe Ángel died on 16 June 1904 in Medellín at the age of 81. He had been blind his last seven years, and was only survived only by his widow Magdalena, as they never had children. After his death his body was interred in the San Pedro Cemetery.[10] His memory was kept alive as a man of wisdom and science, the Congress of Colombia passed a law commemorating his death and allocating a special endowment to have two oil painting made to consecrate his image, one for his widow and the other to be displayed at the Library of Zea.[11] In his home town of Envigado there is both a hospital and a educational institute for secondary education that carry his name.

The Academy of History of Antioquia, honored his contribution by creating the medal Order of the Centenary of Manuel Uribe Ángel, that grants those individuals that contribute to the history of Antioquia, its study, or its preservation; President

Álvaro Uribe Vélez received such distinction on 26 March 2008.[12]

Works

The following is a list of selected works by Manuel Uribe Ángel in Spanish, some of his works were only published after his death.

See also

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 25004846
    .
  2. ^
    OCLC 6815674
    .
  3. ^ "Historia de la Institución" (in Spanish). Institución Educativa Manuel Uribe Ángel. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Osorio Lozano, Nelson; Jaramillo Alzate, José (December 2007). Bravo Betancur, José María (ed.). Gobernantes de Antioquia (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobernacion de Antioquia, Academia Antioqueña de Historia, Asociación de Exgobernadores y Exdiputados de Antioquia. Medellín: La Enciclopedia de Antioquia. pp. 389–391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  5. ^
    OCLC 1606508
    . Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  6. OCLC 248399354
    . Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  7. OCLC 23770427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  8. ^ a b "DOCTOR MANUEL URIBE ANGEL (1822 - 1904)" (PDF). Pioneros de la Medicina Antioqueña (in Spanish). Universidad de Antioquia. 31 July 2002: 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Proyecto de Acuerdo 037 De 2004" (in Spanish). Medellín: Concejo de Medellín. 2004: 2. Archived from the original (Doc) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Recorrido Virtual" (in Spanish). Fundación Cementerio de San Pedro. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original (Flash) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  11. OCLC 18034454
    . Retrieved 29 May 2009. Ley 6ª de 1904
  12. Álvaro Uribe Vélez (28 March 2008). Palabras del Presidente Álvaro Uribe al recibir la Orden del Centenario 'Manuel Uribe Ángel', de parte de la Academia Antioqueña de Historia (Speech). Medellín: Secretaría de Prensa de la Presidencia de la República. Archived from the original
    on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

Further reading

External links
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