B1 - Level 3: Unit 10 - Writing exercise 7
Writing: A biography
Find information about a person who has had a major influence on the world or your country. Answer these questions. Then write a biography.
- What is this person famous for?
- How and when did he or she become famous?
- What are his or her important achievements?
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Rafael Uribe Uribe was born in the countryside of Valparaiso, in the Department of Antioquia on April 12, 1859. His mother educated him at home and he was reportedly a shy boy. In 1871 Uribe got into the University of Antioquia he also joined the Liberal rebels of Cauca during the Colombian Civil War of 1876 and was wounded in combat.
In 1880 Uribe graduated from Our Lady of the Rosary University as a lawyer and the next year worked as Attorney General of Antioquia. In 1885 Uribe participated in another civil war, in which he was involved in the execution of a subordinate for disobedience. The Conservatives in power absolved him.
Uribe was later pardoned and became a Deputy to the the Chamber of Representative in which he became a critic of the Regeneration. The Regeneration advocated for centralism, the restriction of civil liberties and established an accord with the Roman Catholic church. The main promoters of this movement were President Rafael Nuñez (1880-1888) and Miguel Antonio Caro, (1892-1898).
One of the characters of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendía, was based on Rafael Uribe Uribe. Gabriel García Márquez's grandfather was under his command against the conservative forces.
Rafael Uribe Uribe died on October 26, 1914 agonizing after an October 15 beating, almost to death, by two workers named Jesús Carvajal and Leovigildo Galar. The beat was made by axe, two axes nowadays inthe national museum. There is a monument honored him in the national park that says: Rafael Uribe Urine: apostle, paladin and martyr.