Julius Popper

Julius Popper
Born	(1857-12-15)December 15, 1857 Bucharest, Wallachia
Died	June 5, 1893(1893-06-05) (aged 35) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Romanian
Other names	Julio Popper
Citizenship	Ottoman Empire, Argentina
Known for	Being a major perpetrator of the Selk'nam genocide

Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), known in Spanish as Julio Popper (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo poˈpeɾ]), was a Romanian-born Argentine engineer, adventurer, and explorer.^[1] 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 Selk'nam people in the islands, and the circumstances surrounding his own death remain a mystery.