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Adela Castell

1864 – 1926

Uruguayan teacher, essayist, poet

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Lived 1864 – 1926 (aged 61–62). Adela Castell was an Uruguayan teacher, poet, educator and essayist.

Adela Castell de López Rocha (1864 in Paysandú1926) was an Uruguayan teacher, essayist, and poet.

Biography Adela Castell de López Rocha was born to Francisco Castell and Adelaida Ducrosé on 1864 in the Uruguayan city of Paysandú. At the age of 13, she entered the teaching profession with her sister, Dorila Castell de Orozco, taking over a class at the school she ran. Two years later, she began her studies in law and philosophy and in 1887 graduated with a Master's degree and was named sub-director of the Escuela de Aplicación de Señoritas. Here she found success, assembling a staff to her liking and becoming very popular with students, parents, and staff alike.

She gave lectures on topics of education in Uruguay and Paraguay and became the first woman to make speeches in both republics, speaking at the culture club of Asunción and Oriental Club of Buenos Aires. At the meeting of the Pan-American Scientific Congress held at Montevideo in 1901, she presented the work Relationship between Primary and Normal Schools, which was transcribed and drew attention from as far away as Spain to the ideas contained within. For some of her works, Castell used the pseudonym Zulema.

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1864, Paysandú Department
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1926
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Uruguayan teacher, essayist, poet

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Adela Castell was born in 1864 in Paysandú Department.

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Adela Castell died in 1926.

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Adela Castell was a teacher, poet, educator and essayist.

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Adela Castell was Uruguayan.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adela Castell

· Wikidata: Q19647660

· DBpedia: Adela Castell

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