- Vicente Salias
Vicente Salias (born
23 March ,1776 - died 1814) was aVenezuela n doctor, journalist, and writer who wrote Venezuela's "Gloria al Bravo Pueblo " "Glory to the Brave People." national anthem. Born in Puerto Cabello, Estado Carabobo the 23rd of March1776. Family
Salias' parents were Francisco Salias Tordesillo and Marīa Margarita Sanija Cabeza de Vaca. He had four siblings and the names were Juan Marino, Carlos Pedro and Francisco Salias who fought for the emancipation movement. All perished during the struggle except Francisco.He enrolled in
philosophy courses in theUniversidad Central de Venezuela , University ofCaracas on18 September 1788 . Three years later he took several courses in Law, which he dropped out a year later.Still pursuing much more academic achievement during high school, he enrolled in medicine and his mentor during this time was
Felipe Tamariz , who was an important influence in shaping a future scholar. He graduated from high school with a degree inPhilosophy and a year later earned another degree in medicine, all of this was before going to college. In that same year, he enrolls as a medical student and begins his illustrious career in medicine.His biggest contributions were his articles 1804 and 1805 on
Small Pox Vaccination.He was the founder and leader of the Patriotic Society of Caracas (Sociedad Patriotica de Caracas). In charged of the Ministry of Finance, and collaborated with General
Francisco de Miranda during the first republic. He was captured by the Spaniards and was transferred to the castle ofPuerto Cabello and Valencia, which then was released 1813.Fought along-sideSimon Bolivar , Venezuela's liberator, and in the year 1814 he was captured and executed in the Castle of San Felipe.References
* http://www.misionvenezuela.org/ingles/venezuela.htm
* http://www.venezuela.org.my/About%20Venezuela/nationalsymb.html
* https://urresearch.rochester.edu/handle/1802/4196
* http://www.aldeaeducativa.com/images/salias.jpg
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCb1diJyreA
* http://www.simon-bolivar.org/bolivar/himno_oci.html
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