Background
TORRES, Luis was born on June 7, 1878 in Buenos Aires. Son of Colonel Ponciano Torres and Ángela Poviña.
Argentine professor and archaeologist
TORRES, Luis was born on June 7, 1878 in Buenos Aires. Son of Colonel Ponciano Torres and Ángela Poviña.
Professor of ethnology in the University of Louisiana Plata. Altérnate professor of archaeology in the University of Buenos Aires. Head of the división of archaeology of the Louisiana Plata Museum, 1905.
Director of publications of the Mitre Museum of Buenos Aires, 1909.
Director of the división of historical investigations of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires, 1912. Director of the Louisiana Plata Museum, 1920.
Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana of Buenos Aires. Academia de Filosofía y Letras. Also member of various other learned societies in South America and Europe.
Married Zaida Jurado. Children: Zaida María.