Guillermo Rawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentine politician
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Place of Birth: San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina
About Guillermo Rawson
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- Guillermo Rawson (24 June 1821 – 20 January 1890) was a medical doctor and politician in nineteenth-century Argentina.
- As Interior Minister in 1862 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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