Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830) Venezuelan patriot and statesman

• ‘the Liberator’

Bolívar was active in the Latin-American independence movement from 1808 onwards. Although his military career was not without its failures, he succeeded in driving the Spanish from Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador; Upper Peru was named Bolivia in his honour.

Kerr, A. and Wright, E. (eds.) (2015). Dictionary of World History, 3 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.