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JARQUE, Francisco (har'-keh),
South American missionary, born in Hispaniola (according to some authors, in
Panama) in 1636; died in Tucuman, Argentine Republic, in 1691. He studied in
Mexico, and served as a lieutenant in the Spanish army, but in 1658 resigned,
and united with the Jesuits.
He taught rhetoric for several years in the College of
Buenos Aires, and, having acquired a perfect knowledge of the Guarani language,
was attached to the missions of South America in 1665. In 1671 he was elected
provincial of the Paraguayan missions, which he reorganized and greatly
enlarged, and he became afterward vicar of the cathedral of Potosi, Peru, and
dean of Cordova.
Leon Pinelo asserts in his "Biblioteca oriental y
occidental" that Fray Jarque was the most competent linguist that has devoted
his labors to the Indian language, and Humboldt and many others have spoken of
him with high praise. He published "Estado presente de las misiones en el
Tucuman, Paraguay a Rio de la Plata" (Tucuman, 1687), and "Tesoro de la lengua
Guarani," which is still a standard work (Buenos Ayres, 1690).
JARQUE, Francisco (har'-keh), South American missionary, born in Hispaniola (according to some authors, in Panama) in 1636; died in Tucuman, Argentine Republic, in 1691. He studied in Mexico, and served as a lieutenant in the Spanish army, but in 1658 resigned, and united with the Jesuits. He taught rhetoric for several years in the College of Buenos Ayres, and, having acquired a perfect knowledge of the Guarani language, was attached to the missions of South America in 1665. In 16'71 he was elected provincial of the Paraguayan missions, which he reorganized and greatly enlarged, and he became afterward vicar of the cathedral of Potosi, Peru, and dean of Cordova. Leon Pinelo asserts in his "Biblioteca oriental y occidental" that Fray Jarque was the most competent linguist that has devoted his labors to the Indian language, and Humboldt and many others have spoken of him with high praise. He published "Estado presente de las misiones en el Tucuman, Paraguay a Rio de la Plata" (Tucuman, 1687), and "Tesoro de la lengua Guarani," which is still a standard work (Buenos Ayres, 1690).
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