Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (born 1747)

Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo^[a] was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of criollo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist.