Daniel Becerra Ocampo
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Daniel Becerra Ocampo
He was born in the city of Moquegua on April 27, 1872, son of the surveyor Daniel.
Becerra and Mrs. Celia Ocampo. Excellent student of La Libertad School and the School
Guadalupe in Lima (1885-1891) Graduated as a surgeon physician from the University of
San Marcos, 1899. Contrary to the trend of other young professionals, of
staying in the big capital to pursue his career, "left a tempting and promising
future that professional exercise in the capital offered him...” (Pinto V.). He returned to his land.
to practice medicine and teaching earned by his love for the land and the desire to
to promote their development; he was rescued to work in Moquegua by Doña Águeda
Vizcarra Widow of Angulo, who brought the then young physician as a doctor of
header. He married Doña Isabel de la Flor, a lady of ancient lineage
from Moquegua, forming a prolific family.
He was a teacher at La Libertad School, standing out for the quality of his classes in
sciences; prestigious, he became Director of this College. Chief Physician of Moquegua
since 1908, it is claimed that he was: 'charitable to the less fortunate', but it is still
controversial his way of dealing with humble people. In 1919 he had to face the scourge
of the 'Bolivian' flu epidemic that affected the city for two tragic weeks:
he was one of the first to fall ill 'but it was not his time' he would daily roam from house to house
house 'attending to the sick and organizing the lifting of corpses' says Pinto
Vargas, who adds: 'Impeccable in his black suit, white shirt, and dark tie;'
patent leather shoes finished in a fine point, covered with socks; and behind their
round glasses with gold rims, their eyes scrutinized with concern and pity at the
"sick." Director of the Moquegua Hospital, deserved the title of "Benefactor of the
"Hospitals," in 1922, for his work done in them.
Founder of the Rotary Club of Moquegua. President of the Moquegua Social Club,
therefore 'the social character No. 1 of the city of Moquegua, marking its actions'
according to Kuon: to this, Pinto Vargas adds: "For nearly half a century, the presence of
Becerra Ocampo made an impact in both politics and culture, in teaching and
in social life and, very especially in everything related to problems of
health that confronted the city and its inhabitants..." Luis E. Valcárcel visiting Moquegua
for the first and only time in 1942 he states '... there was Uncle Daniel, a flower of gentlemen,
human species on the brink of extinction, a mirror of virtues so hard to find...
But other contemporaries indicate that he fostered a proud atmosphere in society.
aristocratic, closed off, and with strict social distance in public activities of the
city, the social meetings of Club Moquegua, and at La Libertad School.
Owner, from 1907 until his death, of the weekly "La Reforma", maintained a
journalistic policy of tirelessly campaigning for the resurgence of Moquegua;
was trying to stop the constant impoverishment of its economy, nothing comparable to the
Powerful Moquegua that you knew in your childhood years. '...In its pages...'
some memorable battles for the freedom of information in Moquegua; because the
progress will reach the then Litoral Province and, also, because of the authorities
policies, always transitional and always foreign, morality would be a constant and not
a rare exception..” writes Pinto V. He dies in Lima on August 4, 1947. A school
from the Port of Ilo and another in the city of Moquegua, honor his memory as a teacher,
carrying his name. The school of Ilo, inspired by his example, adopted the motto 'A
Becerrino, a Knight
