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Manuel Antonio Matta
Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea (Copiapó, February 27, 1826 – Santiago, June 12, 1892) was a Chilean politician, lawyer and writer and founder of the Radical Party of Chile along with Pedro Leon Gallo.
Born on February 27, 1826, in Copiapó, the son of the Chilote mining entrepreneur and public figure, Eugenio de Matta Vargas, and Petronila María Mercedes Goyenechea de la Sierra. His siblings were: Pedro Nolasco, Francisco de Paula, Felipe Santiago, Guillermo and María Mercedes Matta Goyenechea.
Although he was born in the northern city of Copiapó, he lived most of his life in the capital Santiago, where he was educated. He entered the school of Mrs. Josefa Cabezón de Villarino, the Seminario Conciliar and later the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. He was also a student of Andrés Bello, from whom he received private lessons.
In 1841, when he was about to finish his law studies at the University of Chile, his father, Eugenio de Matta Vargas, decided that Manuel Antonio should travel to Europe, where he went when he was only eighteen years old. In the Old Continent he studied literature and philosophy. During his stays in Germany, France and England he met important political intellectuals such as Francisco Bilbao and Santiago Arcos, who influenced his radical thoughts.
He returned to Chile in 1848. That year he exercised his literary talents writing the Revista Santiago, El Picaflor and La Revista. The latter was discontinued in 1851 but returned to issue in 1855.
He founded the Fire Brigade of Santiago (on December 20, 1863) and was the first director of the Company of Guardians of Property (now the 6th Company of Fire Brigades of Santiago).
He died single and without descendants.
Matta’s political career began in 1855 when he was elected deputy for his native Copiapó, and later re-elected in 1858. A year before his second election, Matta resigned from the Liberal Party of Chile, to found the new Radical Party. Of a group of young people of the same ideals, he was the leader along with his younger brother Guillermo Matta, Ángel Custodio Gallo, Pedro León Gallo, Francisco Marín and Juan Arteaga Alemparte. All of them formed the Constituent Assembly influenced by the French Revolution. Manuel Antonio was a Freemason since he was forty years old and his dream was a secular government.
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Manuel Antonio Matta
Manuel Antonio Matta Goyenechea (Copiapó, February 27, 1826 – Santiago, June 12, 1892) was a Chilean politician, lawyer and writer and founder of the Radical Party of Chile along with Pedro Leon Gallo.
Born on February 27, 1826, in Copiapó, the son of the Chilote mining entrepreneur and public figure, Eugenio de Matta Vargas, and Petronila María Mercedes Goyenechea de la Sierra. His siblings were: Pedro Nolasco, Francisco de Paula, Felipe Santiago, Guillermo and María Mercedes Matta Goyenechea.
Although he was born in the northern city of Copiapó, he lived most of his life in the capital Santiago, where he was educated. He entered the school of Mrs. Josefa Cabezón de Villarino, the Seminario Conciliar and later the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. He was also a student of Andrés Bello, from whom he received private lessons.
In 1841, when he was about to finish his law studies at the University of Chile, his father, Eugenio de Matta Vargas, decided that Manuel Antonio should travel to Europe, where he went when he was only eighteen years old. In the Old Continent he studied literature and philosophy. During his stays in Germany, France and England he met important political intellectuals such as Francisco Bilbao and Santiago Arcos, who influenced his radical thoughts.
He returned to Chile in 1848. That year he exercised his literary talents writing the Revista Santiago, El Picaflor and La Revista. The latter was discontinued in 1851 but returned to issue in 1855.
He founded the Fire Brigade of Santiago (on December 20, 1863) and was the first director of the Company of Guardians of Property (now the 6th Company of Fire Brigades of Santiago).
He died single and without descendants.
Matta’s political career began in 1855 when he was elected deputy for his native Copiapó, and later re-elected in 1858. A year before his second election, Matta resigned from the Liberal Party of Chile, to found the new Radical Party. Of a group of young people of the same ideals, he was the leader along with his younger brother Guillermo Matta, Ángel Custodio Gallo, Pedro León Gallo, Francisco Marín and Juan Arteaga Alemparte. All of them formed the Constituent Assembly influenced by the French Revolution. Manuel Antonio was a Freemason since he was forty years old and his dream was a secular government.
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