José Pedro Varela Berro (19 March 1845 - 24 October 1879) was an

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

sociologist,

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, and educator. He was born in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern co ...

. Uruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to his efforts. It was because of Varela that Uruguay established the 1877 Law of Common Education, which continues to influence Uruguay. The José Pedro Varela National School is named after him.

Early life

José Pedro Varela was born on 19 March 1845 in

. He was the son of Benita Gumersinda Berro Larrañaga and Jacobo Dionisio Varela Sanxines.

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1845 births 1879 deaths People from Montevideo Uruguayan people of Galician descent Uruguayan sociologists Uruguayan politicians Uruguayan journalists Uruguayan educators 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century male writers Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo {{Uruguay-academic-bio-stub

Early life

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