Julio garavito armero biography of abraham

Colombian astronomer and mathematician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garavito and the second or maternal family name is Armero.

Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was a Colombian astronomer.

Life

Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National university of Colombia).

In 1892, he worked as the director of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (National Astronomical Observatory).

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His investigative works had been published in Los Anales de Ingeniería (The Annals of Engineering) since 1890, seven years before he took over editing the publication.

In his youth he studied at San Bartolomé high school, but in 1885 he had to interrupt his studies temporarily because of the civil wars which were affecting his home country.

During the Thousand Days War, Garavito w