dead death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name
dead 18 june 1941 santiago , chile santiago , chile 17 june 1878 aedwardmc.jpg agustín edwards mac-clure
 agustín edwards
agustín edwards mac-clure

agustín edwards mac-clure -lrb- june 17 , 1878 -- june 18 , 1941 -rrb- was a chilean lawyer , diplomat and businessman , and founder of the santiago edition of el mercurio newspaper .
agustín edwards was born in santiago , the son of agustín edwards ross and of luisa mcclure ossandón .
in 1900 he founded the santiago edition of el mercurio newspaper , using the same name of the newspaper he inherited from his father and that was published in valparaíso .
he also wrote and published some history books : my native land , published in english ; el alba and cuatro presidentes de chile , that refer to the administrations of presidents prieto , bulnes , montt and pérez .
he was a member of the lower house of the chilean national congress for four consecutive periods , between 1900 to 1910 , representing the partido nacional .
he was also minister of foreign affairs , cult and colonization during the presidency of germán riesco , and again during the presidency of pedro montt , under whom was also named interior minister .
in 1910 he was named a plenipotentiary to great britain , and had a very important participation in the negotiations with peru , with respect to the plesbicite that was to solve the question of the property of tacna and arica .
he was elected president of the general assembly of the league of nations from 1922 until 1923 .
as executor of the will of businessman and philanthropist federico santa maría carrera , he founded the university that still bears his name .
