Guillermo Rawson
Argentine politician
Died when: 68 years 210 days (822 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Guillermo Rawson (24 June 1821 – 20 January 1890) was a medical doctor and politician in nineteenth-century Argentina.In 1862, when he was the Interior Minister of Argentina, he met Captain Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones, who were on their way to Patagonia to investigate whether it was suitable for the creation of a Welsh settlement there.
Rawson came to an agreement with them, and this resulted in the creation of a colony in the Chubut Valley in the following years.
The city of Rawson, the capital of the province of Chubut, was named after him.
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