Aureliano Oyarzún

1858 – d. 1947)[1] was a Chilean physician, who became an anthropologist through his study of native cultures in Chile, including the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego.

He is considered among the most prominent early 20th-century researchers, together with the Austrians Max Uhle and Martin Gusinde.

He was appointed to succeed Francisco Puelma Tupper as professor of pathology in the medical school of University of Chile in 1891.

[2] In the 1891 Chilean Civil War, Puelma was a supporter of President José Manuel Balmaceda and was expelled from the university.

During the conflict, Oyarzún participated in the War of the Pacific and the Chilean occupation of Lima, Peru.