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Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca

1757 – 1823

Spanish physician and noble

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Lived 1757 – 1823 (aged 65–66). Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca was a Spanish military physician.

Santiago María del Granado y Navarro Calderón, 1st Count of Cotoca (1757–1823), was a Spanish nobleman and physician, who at the beginning of the 19th century traveled through some of the most remote regions of South America where epidemics were raging, to inoculate Native Americans with the recently discovered vaccine and prevent the spread of smallpox.

His humanitarian efforts paralleled Dr. Francisco Javier de Balmis and Dr. Josep Salvany i Lleopart's 19th-century Spanish expedition to deliver smallpox vaccine to the Spanish colonies in the Americas. He saved thousands upon thousands of lives, as reported by the Spanish viceroy at Rio de la Plata Santiago de Liniers and public health official Miguel O'Gorman to the Supreme Central and Governmental Junta of Spain and the Indies during the political upheaval of the Napoleonic invasions.

Granado was the great-great-grandfather of the Bolivian poet laureate Javier del Granado.

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Important facts

Born
1757, Cádiz
Birth century
Died
1823, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Royal College of Surgery of the Spanish Navy
Also known as
Santiago Granado Navarro, Dr. Santiago María del Granado y Navarro Calderón, 1st Count of Cotoca

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca?

Spanish physician and noble

When was Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca born?

Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca was born in 1757 in Cádiz.

When did Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca die?

Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca died in 1823 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

What was Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca's occupation?

Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca was a military physician.

What nationality was Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca?

Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca was Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca

· Wikidata: Q7420392

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