Francisco Moreno Net Worth

Francisco Moreno was a renowned Argentine naturalist, explorer, anthropologist, and geographer of the late 19th century. Born in Buenos Aires, he was a part of the Argentine patrician family and started collecting artifacts and fossils from a young age. His family connections enabled him to become a part of the country's learned societies and political networks, which helped him in his future career. He embarked on a series of scientific expeditions, including a survey of Río Negro Territory, and faced many life-threatening ordeals during his travels. In his later years, he became more involved in politics and public education, and founded the La Plata Museum of Natural History, the most important of its kind in South America.
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Who is it? Naturalist, Explorer, Anthropologist, Geographer
Birth Day May 31, 1852
Birth Place Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentine
Age 167 YEARS OLD
Died On November 22, 1919(1919-11-22) (aged 67)\nBuenos Aires
Birth Sign Gemini
Known for Exploration of the Patagonia
Awards Gold Medal (1907) Cullum Geographical Medal (1909)

💰 Net worth: $600,000 (2024)

Francisco Moreno, also referred to as a Naturalist, Explorer, Anthropologist, and Geographer, is a well-known figure in Argentina. As of 2024, his estimated net worth stands at an impressive $600,000. Throughout his illustrious career, Moreno has contributed immensely to the fields of natural sciences and exploration. He has dedicated his life to studying and documenting the rich biodiversity, indigenous communities, and geographical features of Argentina, making significant discoveries along the way. Moreno's passion for his work, combined with his exceptional knowledge and expertise, have undoubtedly played a pivotal role in accumulating his substantial wealth.

Biography/Timeline

1877

Following graduation in 1872, he participated in the founding of the Argentine Scientific Society. He embarked on the first of the series of scientific expeditions that made him well known: a survey of Río Negro Territory, largely uncharted country. In January 1876, he reached Lake Nahuel-Huapi in the southern Andes, and on February 15, 1877, he discovered and named Lake Argentino. He also explored numerous rivers in Patagonia. On March 2, he discovered and named Mount Fitz Roy, after the commander of the expedition of the HMS Beagle in the 1830s. The native people also called it Chalten.'

1880

In 1880, Moreno went to France, where he spoke at a meeting of the Anthropology Society of Paris, discussing two prehistoric skulls he had unearthed in Río Negro territory. He believed one was from the Quaternary period, and the other had ritual deformation in a manner similar to the skulls of the Aymara people of the Andes and Altiplano.

1881

He is also known for his role in defending Argentine interests. He made defining surveys that led to the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. These surveys and others yielded Moreno a vast collection of archaeological and anthropological data and artifacts, for which he founded an anthropological museum in Buenos Aires in 1877.

1882

In 1882–1883 Moreno explored the Andes from Bolivia southward, and in 1884–1885 he made new explorations of the territory south of the Río Negro and of Patagonia. He was appointed as chief of the Argentine exploring commission of the southern territories, and member of numerous European scientific societies. For his contributions to science, Moreno received a doctorate Honoris causa from the National University of Córdoba in 1877.

1884

After his return to Argentina, that year he embarked on his second major expedition to the territory of Patagonia. He was taken prisoner by a Tehuelche aboriginal tribe and condemned to death. He escaped on March 11, one day before the appointed execution. During this period he met the Tehuelche chief, Inacayal, who was hospitable to him. Later Inacayal led a resistance to the government, not surrendering until 1884.

1888

As Director of La Plata Museum of Natural History Moreno sacked Florentino Ameghino in 1888 even denying him entry to the museum.

1902

In 1902 Moreno was appointed Perito (a technical specialist or expert), in which capacity he disproved Chilean claims to the continental divide in the Southern Cone. Moreno proved that many Patagonian lakes draining to the Pacific Ocean were part of the Atlantic Ocean basin. During the quaternary glaciations, they had become dammed by moraines, which changed their outlets to drain to the west and Chilean territory.

1903

In 1903, Moreno donated some of the land previously given to him in order to establish the Nahuel Huapi National Park. He was appointed Assistant Director of the National Education Council in 1911 and helped secure funding for the Bernasconi Institute, a landmark primary school built in Buenos Aires. It was constructed on land Moreno sold to Swiss Argentine industrialist Félix Bernasconi. Its archaeological and natural history museums were created in part with his extensive collections of artifacts.

1912

He established the Scouting and Guiding in Argentina, the Argentine Boy Scouts Association in 1912, and joined former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in a tour of Patagonia. He continued to oversee the La Plata Museum well after his official retirement.

1919

In later years Moreno responded to political developments in South America at the time of World War I by joining the reactionary Argentine Patriotic League shortly before his death in 1919. Moreno was first interred in a La Recoleta Cemetery crypt. In 1944 his remains were transferred and reinterred at Centinela Isle in Lake Nahuel Huapi.

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