Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez
Leoncio Prado.
Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez (25 August 1853 – 15 July 1883) was a Peruvian mariner.
He was born in Huánuco, the son of president Mariano Ignacio Prado. His brother Manuel Prado Ugarteche was two times President of Peru.
Leoncio Prado died in the Battle of Huamachuco, in the course of the War of the Pacific.
The Leoncio Prado Military Academy is named after him.
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