Background
VALCÁRCEL, Luis Eduardo was born on February 8, 1891 in lio (Moquegua), Peru.
VALCÁRCEL, Luis Eduardo was born on February 8, 1891 in lio (Moquegua), Peru.
Educated Seminario San Antonio Abad, Cuzco. Ph.D., University Nacional del Cuzco, 1913, Doctor of Law, 1916.
Director, daily El Comercio, 1916-1923. Professor., University Nacional del Cuzco, since 1917, founder and director of its archeological museum, since 1930. Editor, daily El Sol, 1923-1930.
Director, Peruvian mission to study lncaic art throughout South America. Professor., Colegio Nacional de Ciencias, 1927, University de San Marcos, since 1931. Director. Musco Bolivariano, Lima, 1930, Museo de Arqueología Peruana, 1930-1931, Museo Nacional del Perú, since 1931.
Founder, Revista del Museo Nacional, 1932. Commissioned by the Peruvian government to study organization of museums in the United States, 1936. Organized archeological sect, of the Peruvian pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1938.
Minister of education, 1945.
Member 3d Pan American Scientific Congress, Lima, 1924. Member municipal council of Cuzco. Member Colegio de Abogados (Cuzco), Club Cuzco, Club Internacional del Cuzco, Rotary, Club de la Unión (Lima), Society Geográfica, Institute Histórico, Society de Arqueología e Historia, Amigos de Lima, Amigos de Palma, American Anthropological Association, Société des Américanistes (Paris), Society de Geografía c Historia.