Francisco Antonio Encina

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{{family name hatnote|Encina|Armanet|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox philosopher

| name = Francisco Antonio Encina

| image = Francisco Antonio Encina (1903).jpeg

| caption = Francisco Antonio Encina in 1903

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|9|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Javier de Loncomilla, Chile

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|8|23|1874|9|10|df=y}}

| school_tradition = {{unbulleted list|style= white-space:nowrap;|Social determinism |Scientific racism|Social darwinism}}

| main_interests = {{hlist |History of Chile |Race differences |Political economy}}

| education = {{unbulleted list | University of Chile (LL.B.)}}

| notable_ideas = Racialization of chilean history

| influences = {{hlist|Alberto Edwards|Gustave Le Bon|Charles Darwin|Herbert Spencer|Joseph Arthur de Gobineau|Georges Vacher de Lapouge}}

| influenced = {{hlist|Gonzalo Vial|Hugo Herrera|Miguel Serrano}}}}

Francisco Antonio Encina Armanet (September 10, 1874, San Javier – August 23, 1965, Santiago) was a Chilean politician, agricultural businessman, political essayist, historian and prominent white nationalist. He authored the History of Chile from Prehistory to 1891: with 20 volumes, it stands as the largest individual historical work of the 20th century in Chile.

Additionally, he worked with Tancredo Pinochet, Guillermo Subercaseaux, Luis Alberto Edwards Vives and Luis Galdames Galdames as founders of the first Chilean nationalist party.

In 1955, he won Chile's National Prize for Literature.

Liceo Francisco Antonio Encina Armanet ({{langx|en|Francisco Antonio Ercina Arman High School}}) is a Chilean high school named after Francisco Antonio Encina. The school is located in Las Cabras, Cachapoal Province, Chile.{{cite web|url=http://w3app.mineduc.cl/mineduc/ded/documentos/dir2010(oficial).zip|title=Tabla de Directorio Oficial de Establecimientos Año 2010|date=December 2010|publisher=Ministry of Education (Chile)|language=Spanish|accessdate=5 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929091637/http://w3app.mineduc.cl/mineduc/ded/documentos/dir2010(oficial).zip|archivedate=29 September 2017}}