Osvaldo Silva Galdames (24 May, 1940–2019) was a Chilean historian active within the field of prehistory. He was a founder of the academic history journals Cuadernos de Historia and Revista de Historia Indígena, as well being a driving force behind the establishment of the Magíster de Historia con mención en etnohistoria at the University of Chile.[1] At the same university he served as director of the department for Historical Science for many years.[1] Among Silva's contributions to history was a proposal for a different chronology of the Inca rule in Chile.[2]

Osvaldo Silva
Osvaldo Silva lecturing in the 2010s
Born(1940-05-24)24 May 1940
Santiago, Chile
Died2019
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of Chile, Prehistory

He was born on 24 May 1940, in Santiago, being the son of Osvaldo Silva Rivera and Berta Galdames Ramírez. He was married with Paulina Dittborn Cordua.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Comité Editorial (2019). "Osvaldo Silva Galdames (1940-2019)". Cuadernos de Historia (in Spanish). 50. doi:10.4067/S0719-12432019000100005.
  2. ^ Silva Galdames, Osvaldo (1983). "¿Detuvo la batalla del Maule la expansión inca hacia el sur de Chile?". Cuadernos de Historia (in Spanish). 3: 7–25. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Osvaldo Silva Galdames - Genealogía Chilena en Red". www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl. Retrieved 7 April 2019.