Background
PACHECO HERRARTE, Mariano was born on April 24, 1878 in Quezaltenango. Son of José Pacheco Vásquez and Francisca Herrarte.
PACHECO HERRARTE, Mariano was born on April 24, 1878 in Quezaltenango. Son of José Pacheco Vásquez and Francisca Herrarte.
Educated Institute Nacional Central, Escuela Normal de Guatemala.
Senior official of the Ministry of Government and Justice, 1905-1920. Professor of astronomy in the National Central Institute of Guatemala, 19231925. Special director of the Child Welfare Society, 1928.
Director of the Botanical Garden of Guatemala, 1931. General director of agriculture, 1932, and founder of the Permanent Agricultural Exhibition in the Ministry of Agriculture. President of the Pan-American Commission for Agricultural Co-operation, Guatemala, 1924-1931.
Founder and director of the Garden of Orchids and Ornamental Plants since 1902.
Sociedad de Geografía e Historia (secretary, 1924-1926). Sociedad de Seismología Americana. Society of Geography and History of New York.
Pan American Commission for Agricultural Co-operation, Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Julia Luna. Children: Olga.