Background
ALFONSO, José was born on July 18, 1861 in Valparaiso. Son of José Alfonso and Leticia del Barrio de Alfonso.
ALFONSO, José was born on July 18, 1861 in Valparaiso. Son of José Alfonso and Leticia del Barrio de Alfonso.
Director and professor in the Benjamin Franklin Night School for Artisans, 1887-1890. Assistant professor of the Penal Code in the University of Chile, 1889-1890. Professor of modern and contemporary history in the Colegio Inglés de Rudford, 1890-1891.
Professor of rural legislation in the Agronomical Institute, 1892-1926. Secretary of the Council on Technical Education, 1892-1894. President of the Students Protective League since 1898.
Vice-president of the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Member of the Council of Public Instruction, 1908-1911.
Club de la Unión de Santiago. Sociedad de Instrucción Primaria (vice-president). Boy Scouts of Chile (president, 1922-1927).
Academia Chilena de la Lengua correspondiente de la Academia Española. Junta Central de Beneficencia Pública.
Married Sara Pemjean. Children: Maria Luisa, Luz, Inés, Jorje, Sara, and Clara.