Francisco de Andújar

Francisco de Paula Ravé y Berdura (October 1760 – 19 November 1818) was a Capuchin friar, educator, and naturalist active in the Captaincy General of Venezuela.

Early life and education Born in October 1760 to Miguel Alonso Ravé and María José de la Concepción Berdura de Andújar, he received the habit in November 1777, changing his name to Francisco de Andújar. A year later he joined the Capuchin Order and was soon ordinated as a priest.

Career in Venezuela In Venezuela, Andújar taught literacy at the Seminary College of Caracas. In 1794 he was assigned to the understaffed Llanos de Caracas Capuchin mission, and he arrived to La Guaira in April 1795. He had 18 students, including , Cristóbal Rojas, and . At Miguel José Sanz's house, he taught Simón Bolívar science and mathematics before he left Caracas in 1798. He moved, as a priest, to Barinas in 1800, then to Angostura in 1812, and to Parapara in 1815. He died there on 19 November 1818.

His library and instruments was looted and destroyed during the Venezuelan War of Independence.