José Armando de Ramón Folch (February 6, 1927 - February 29, 2004) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an historian mostly known for his study of

urban history Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization. The approach is often multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like social history, architectural history, urb ...

. In 1954 de Ramón joined the newly founded Instituto de Investigacions Históricas of the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

led by

Jaime Eyzaguirre Jaime Eyzaguirre (21 December 1908 – 17 September 1968) was a Chilean lawyer, essayist and historian. He is variously recognized as a writer of Spanish traditionalist or conservative historiography in his country.Góngora ''et al''., pp. 201� ...

. He was part of the editorial committee of the journal '' Historia'' since it was established in 1961. In 1998 he was awarded the

Chilean National History Award The Chilean National History Award (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Historia''), part of the National Prize of Chile The National Prize of Chile ( es, Premio Nacional de Chile) is the collective name given to a set of awards granted by the government ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramon, Armando de 1927 births 2004 deaths People from Santiago University of Chile alumni Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 20th-century Chilean historians 20th-century Chilean male writers 21st-century Chilean historians 21st-century Chilean male writers Urban planning in Chile Chilean architectural historians