Alegria, Ricardo E.

Contributed to

Ball courts and ceremonial plazas in the West Indies
Book 1983

Summary: Ricardo Enrique Alegría Gallardo was a Puerto Rican scholar, author, cultural anthropologist, and archaeologist known as the "father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology". He was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and the first director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Alegria was the founder of the Museo de las Américas and of the Alpha Beta Chi fraternity. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1921-04-14 [2]
Birth Place: San Juan (Puerto Rico) [2]; San Juan [5]
Died: 2011-07-07 [2]
Death Place: San Juan (Puerto Rico) [2]; San Juan [5]
Country: Puerto Rico [2]
Language: Spanish | Castilian [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; archaeologist [5]; prehistorian [5]; writer [5]
Educated at: Harvard University [5]; University of Chicago [5]; University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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