Jos Hiplito Unanue y Pavn was a physician, naturalist, meteorologist, university professor, independence precursor and a Peruvian politician, active in politics in the early years after independence.
Hiplito Unanue was born in Arica on August 13, 1755 as the son of Antonio Unnue de Montalivert and Manuela Pavn y Salgado, both from creole families. He studied philosophy and law in a seminary in Arequipa. In 1777, Unanue moved to Lima to study natural sciences. He studied in Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos where he received his bachelors degree in 1783, graduated in 1786 and became a professor at the same university, establishing his name as an eminent physician.He was one of the founders of Sociedad Acadmica de Amantes del Pas in 1790.
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