José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu
José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu (August 21, 1932 – December 25, 2006) was a Peruvian historian. Biography 

He completed his studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. After completing his studies he devoted himself to teaching and research and documentation on the history of the conquest and the Viceroyalty of Peru. At 25 he received his PhD in history, before he had studied Education with a major in History and Geography. Was secretary to Bishop Fidel Tubino, when he served as rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP ). His teaching began in 1953 in the Pre condition Instructor Seminar was led by Dr. Luis Jaime Cisneros. He also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and General Studies Letters PUCP. He was appointed Emeritus Professor of Humanities in 1995. He also taught at several universities and military institutions like the Naval Academy Army Aviation Military School of Chorrillos ( EMCH ), and, among other institutions of higher education. In 1967 he traveled to Oceania following the alleged footprints of the traveler Tupac Yupanqui, who was considered and credited with being the discoverer of the continent. Mayor was appointed chronicler of the First Peruvian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica in 1982. He was President of the Institute for Humanities Research of the University of Piura, a member of the National Academy of History of the Peruvian Society of History, Institute of Historical Studies Maritimes, the Peruvian Institute of History of Law, an honorary member of the Peruvian Academy of the Quechua and Aymara languages, corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy of History, National Academy of Argentina, Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, a fellow of the Peruvian Institute of Genealogical Research and Commander of the Order Spanish by Alfonso X the Wise. In 1983, he held the leadership of the National Institute of Culture. In 1968 he won the National Prize of Culture Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. In 1979 he received the Peruvian Cross of Naval Merit and the 2002 Civic Medal Lima. In November 2006 he was awarded the Order of the Sun of Peru. He questioned the decision of the Municipality of Lima removal Monument Pizarro the side of the Plaza Mayor. "They can get him out of there, but never in history," he said, and few understood what was actually defending the origin of Peru at the junction between conquerors and conquered. "There are no winners or losers, we are descendants of the victors and the vanquished," said another time. Finally, after years of painful illness and consumed by cancer, died on December 25, being their veiled in the headquarters of the Riva- Agüero Institute, where he began his academic work and came to be the director, school that was always bound residues . Works
 El Conde de Nieva, Virrey del Perú - 1963
 Francisco Pizarro, el Marqués Gobernador - 1966
 La tesis universitaria - 1966
 La casa de Peralta en el Perú - 1966
 La expedición de Hernando Pizarro a Pachacamac - 1967
 Perú pre-incaico - 1975
 Perú incaico - 1977
 Historia general del Perú: Descubrimiento y conquista - 1978
 La conquista del Perú - 1981
 La pacificación del Perú - 1984
 José Gabriel Túpac Amaru antes de su rebelión - 1981
 La Hueste Perulera: Selección de J.A. del Busto - 1981
 Francisco Pizarro y Trujillo de Extremadura - 1983
 Historia y leyenda del Viejo Barranco - 1985
 Diccionario histórico biográfico de los conquistadores del Perú - 1987
 Compendio de historia del Perú - 1983
 San Martín de Porras::(Martín de Porras Velásquez) - 1992
 Dos personajes de la conquista del Perú - 1969
 Antártida: Historia y futuro - 1991
 La tierra y la sangre de Francisco Pizarro - 1993
 Historia general del Perú - 1994
 Fundadores de ciudades en el Perú::(siglo XVI) - 1995
 Tres ensayos peruanistas - 1998
 Historia de la minería en el Perú - 1999
 Breve historia de los negros del Perú - 2001
 Pizarro - 2001
 Los hijos del Sol - 2005
 Túpac Yupanqui. Descubridor de Oceanía - 2006

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20th-century Peruvian historians
Peruvian male writers
1932 births
2006 deaths
People from Lima
21st-century Peruvian historians
20th-century male writers