Background
LAFUENTE MACHAIN, Ricardo was born on January 4, 1882 in Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco de Lafuente and María Estela Machain.
LAFUENTE MACHAIN, Ricardo was born on January 4, 1882 in Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco de Lafuente and María Estela Machain.
Member of the national commission to preserve the artistic and historic monuments of Argentina, 1918. Secretary and later president of the commission to pay homage to the memory of the “Immortal 33” (los 33 Orientales) of Uruguay, San Isidro, 1927. Vice-president of the Exposition of Religious Art of the XXII Eucharistic Congress, Buenos Aires, 1933.
Ateneo Ibero Americano, Buenos Aires (life member. Member of the Board of Directors on various occasions). Sociedad de Bibliófilos Argentinos (charter member).
Corresponding Member: Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid. Real Academia de Geografía, Madrid. Academia Nacional de la Historia, Venezuela.
Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía. Academia Nacional de Historia y Geografía, Mexico City. Academia Nacional de Historia, Ecuador.
Real Academia Hispano Americana de Ciencias y Artes, Cádiz. Real Academia de Declamación, Música y Bellas Letras, Málaga. Academia de Bellas Artes de San Luis, Zaragoza.
Colegio de Abogados, Arequipa.
Married Clemencia Sáenz Valiente. Children: Hernán and Ramiro.