Background
LE VENE, Ricardo was born on February 7, 1885 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
LE VENE, Ricardo was born on February 7, 1885 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Professor, Colegio Nacional Mariano Moreno, 1906-1928, Escuela Normal Estanislao S. Zeballos, 1908-1925, Escuela Superior de Guerra, 1914-1932. Founder and honorary director, hist, archives, province of Buenos Aires, since 1924. Professor, schools of law and philosophy, University Nacional de Buenos Aires.
Professor, University Nacional de La Plata, founder and twice dean of its school of humanities and edn., pres, of university, 1930-1935. Founder and director, review Humanidades. President, 2d International American History Congress, Buenos Aires, 1937.
Director general, Historia de la Nación Argentina, Historia de América, and Historia de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y Formación de sus Pueblos, 1940^41. President, national commission on museums, monuments and hist, places, until 1946. President, commission to revise textbooks on geography and history.
Officer, Del Mérito (Chile), Sol del Perú. Knight, Légion d’Honneur (France), Libertador (Venezuela). Bachelor of Laws, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1906.
Dr. honoris causa, University de Chile, University do Brasil, University de San Marcos (Peru).
Member: Academy Nacional de la Historia (president), Academy Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Academy Nacional de Filosofía y Letras, Academy Nacional de Ciencias Económicas, Institución Mitre, Institute Nacional Sanmartiniano, Institute Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay (honorary), Academy, de la Historia de Madrid (correspondent).