Francisco Javier San Román y San Román, Chilean engineer and geographer (Copiapó 1837 - Santiago de Chile 1902)
From Argentine parents
Gained recognition of US and European peers for his topographic charts
Member of a number of scientific foreign associations
With S. Muñoz, A. Chadwick & A. Pizarro authored Carta geografica del desierto y cordilleras de Atacama (1892)
Collected some archaeological artifacts such as a knife in Cerro Chuculani and one vessel of Sama
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
With L. Sund. Estudios geologicos y topograficos del desierto y la cordillera de Atacama (1911)
El Desierto y la Cordillera de Atacama (1896) two volume
Hidrologia del desierto y cordilleras de Atacama (1894)
La língua cunza de los naturales de Atacama (1890)
Datos sobre la mineria en La Rioja y Catamarca (1871)
HONORS
Sanromanite Schluter, Malcherek & Pohl 2007 (Mineral)