Rafael Urdaneta - Biographic Data

Biographic Data

Urdaneta was born in the province of Maracaibo in Venezuela to an elite family of Spanish descent on October 24, 1788. He died in Paris, France, on August 23, 1845, while performing his diplomatic duties for Colombia, due to complications from kidney stones.

Urdaneta, was often referred to as "el Brillante" ("The Brilliant") in Venezuelan historiography..

Read more about this topic:  Rafael Urdaneta

Famous quotes containing the word data:

    “This city is neither a jungle nor the moon.... In long shot: a cosmic smudge, a conglomerate of bleeding energies. Close up, it is a fairly legible printed circuit, a transistorized labyrinth of beastly tracks, a data bank for asthmatic voice-prints.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)