Eugenio Espejo
18th century Spanish physician · Doctors · Lived 1747 to 1795 · aged 48
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo[a] was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of indigenous origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito.
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A representation of a mestizo in a "pintura de castas" (painting of castes) in the colonial era. "A Spanish man and an Amerindian woman produce a mestizo," the caption says.
View of Quito today
Espejo was influenced by European scholars, such as Benito Jerónimo Feijóo.
Eugenio Espejo, bust placed in Casa de la Cultura, Quito.
Espejo appeared on the 500 sucres banknote.About this person
He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist.
