Juan Dámaso Jackson Errazquin (7 October 1833, in Montevideo – 19 December 1892, in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan businessman and philanthropist.[1]
Biography
editSon of the British immigrant John Jackson and the Uruguayan lady Clara Errazquin Larrañaga, his godfather was his grand-uncle Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. He studied at Stonyhurst College and afterwards in the United States.[1]
Upon the death of his father he came back to Uruguay and undertook an important activity in the agricultural field, both commercially and in education.[1] The Agricultural School in Manga was a pioneering institution for educating agricultural technicians (nowadays that settlement has been transformed into a development with the name of Jacksonville).[2]
He was also a philanthropist, contributing to the establishment of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Uruguay.[1]
The fact of his father being Protestant and his mother Catholic made him a very tolerant person in religious matters, notwithstanding the fact that he was a Roman Catholic.[1]
His remains are buried at the Jackson Chapel.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Album de familia: Juan Dámaso Jackson, Cooperador Salesiano Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ History of Jacksonville Archived 22 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Informe Uruguay: Corriendo alambrados. (in Spanish)
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