Background
ENCINAS, José Antonio was born on May 30, 1888 in Puno, Peru.
ENCINAS, José Antonio was born on May 30, 1888 in Puno, Peru.
Educated Escuela Normal de Lima, 1905-1906. Doctor of Law, University de San Marcos, 1918. Student, Universities of Bologna and Padua, summers of 1927 and 1928, University of Paris, 1928-1929.
Dr. honoris causa, Universities de Sucre and Cochabamba, Bolivia. 1 son, José Antonio. Students’ delegate, Consejo Universitario de Lima, 1920.
Professor, lawyer; Director, Centro Escolar de Puno, 1907-1911. Vice-president, Congreso Educacional del Sur del Perú, 1910. Secretary-treasurer and professor, sociology, Escuela Normal de Lima, 191115.
Professor, in private schools, 1915-1919. Federal deputy, 1919-1923. Students’ delegate, Consejo Universitario de Lima, 1920.
Professor, psychology, University de Guatemala, 1924. Adviser, Guatemalan ministry of edn., 1924. Director, Colegio Republicano Pedagogium, Barcelona, Spain, 1930.
President, University de San Marcos, 1931. Professor, edn., summer school, University de Panamá, 1935, 1936. Elected senator by department, of Puno, 1936.
Lecturer in Bolivia at the behest of the univs. and government of that country, 1936-1937. Guest of Mexican government, 4th Inter-American Conference on Education, 1937. Visiting professor., Universities of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Denver, under auspices of Carnegie Endowment for Internal.
Peace, 1938; lecturer, Institute HispanoCubano de Cultura, Havana, 1938. Head, department, of psychopedagogy, Colegio Afiorga, Havana, at present. Professor H. Cunow; founder of the newspapers and reviews Educación, 1908, El Amigo de los Niños, 1910 (Puno), Juventud, 1912, Germinal, 1918, La Educación Nacional, 1918 (Lima).