Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (1727–1792) was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito. He was born in Riobamba to Juan de Velasco y López de Moncayo and to María Pérez Petroche. Among the universities where he taught was the Universidad de San Marcos in Lima in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He is best known for his history book Historia del Reino de Quito, although he also wrote books in fields other than history, such as physics textbooks and poetry anthologies.
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27 January 1727 Riobamba, Real Audiencia of Quito (in present day Ecuador)
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Died |
29 June 1792 (aged 65) Faenza, Papal States (in present day Italy)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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