Antonio Zinny

Antonio Abraham Zinny (October 1821 – September 1890) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist and historian originally from Gibraltar.

During Governor Adolfo Alsina's term of office, he was inspector general of schools in Buenos Aires province, fulfilling the duties of a minister of education.

Another of Zinny's key works was "Efemeridología argirometropolitana hasta la caída del gobierno de Rosas", which gathered much information as possible about all the newspapers published in all provinces since the time of the viceroys until the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas.

It was not a trivial task, as almost a hundred newspapers and similar works were published each year in some periods, especially in the era of Bernardino Rivadavia and the government of Juan Ramón Balcarce.

Two of his other works were the "History of the United Provinces of the River Plate from 1816 to 1818" and "La Gaceta Mercantil de Buenos Aires.