Teodoro Vilardebó

Teodoro Miguel Simón Vilardebó Matuliche (Montevideo, 9 November 1803 – 29 March 1857) was a Uruguayan medical doctor, naturalist and historian of Catalan and Croatian descent.

Biography His father was the Catalan sailor Miguel Antonio Vilardebó. His mother was Martina Matuliche, a Uruguayan whose surname was the Spanish version of Matulić, of Croatian origin (she was the daughter of Šime Matulić, a native of the island of Brač). He was also passionate about natural history and fossils. He compiled a list of words in the Charrúa language, the Codex Vilardebó.

Vilardebó passed away due to a yellow fever epidemic, spreading from Brazil.

The Hospital Vilardebó, the only psychiatric hospital in Uruguay, is named after him.