Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz

Peruvian geologist, mineralogist, chemist, archaeologist, politician and diplomat

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1798

Place of Birth: Arequipa, Peru

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1857

Profession: diplomat, chemist, archaeologist, anthropologist, mineralogist

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz (October 22, 1798 – November 6, 1857) was a prominent Peruvian scientist, geologist, mineralogist, chemist, archaeologist, politician and diplomat.
His publications about his discovery of Humboldtine (an iron-oxalate), demonstrating the existence of organic-minerals; about deposits of copper and sodium nitrate (saltpeter) near Tarapacá in the Atacama Desert; about bird-guano and coal in Peru and their possibilities of industrialization as well were forward-looking and made him a pioneer of mining education in South America and the most notable Peruvian scientist of the 19th century.