Jesús Aguilar Paz

Jesús Aguilar Paz (15 October 1895 in Gualala, Santa Bárbara Department – 26 June 1974 in Tegucigalpa) was a Honduran chemist, pharmacist, cartographer, folklorist and teacher.

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• Himno al instituto dr jes s aguilar paz alumnos de 3 ciclo dirigen lourdes moncada y marta
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In 1915 he was appointed Secretary of the Escuela Normal de Occidente in the city of La Esperanza, Intibucá, where he was later appointed deputy director. Between 1915 and 1933 he made extensive trips around the country, taking sketches and making notes, which would become the subject of several books. In 1931 he published Tradiciones y leyendas de Honduras (Traditions and legends of Honduras) and in 1933 he published the official general map of the municipalities of Honduras, Mapa General de la República de Honduras. He was a member and editor of the Sociedad de Geografía e Historia de Honduras journal. From 1950 to 1953 he was Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the National University of Honduras. In 1947 he published a book on chemistry, Interpretación química y Ley Periódica Universal.