Julius Popper

Julius Popper
Born(1857-12-15)December 15, 1857
Bucharest, Wallachia
DiedJune 5, 1893(1893-06-05) (aged 35)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other namesJulio Popper
Known forMajor perpetrator of the Selkʼnam genocide
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Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893; known in Spanish as Julio Popper (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo poˈpeɾ]),) was a Romanian-born Argentine colonial engineer and explorer of Jewish ancestry. He was known as a modern "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure. Popper was one of the main perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selkʼnam people in the islands, and the circumstances surrounding his own death remain a mystery.

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