Alberto Edwards

Luis Alberto Edwards Vives[1] (25 November 1874 in Valparaíso – 3 April 1932 in Santiago) was a Chilean historian, nationalist politician and lawyer. He was a member of the influential Edwards family.

Alberto Edwards
Born(1874-11-25)25 November 1874
Valparaíso, Chile
Died3 April 1932(1932-04-03) (aged 57)
Santiago, Chile
EducationPontifical Catholic University and University of Chile (LL.B.; 1896)
InstitutionsPontifical Catholic University of Chile

His most famous work (highly influenced by Oswald Spengler and the German Conservative Revolution) was La fronda aristocrática en Chile (1928), in which analyses the history of Chile in the 19th century as a conflict between the authoritarian state and the aristocracy.[2]

Politician

He was member of the National (Montt-Varist) Party, and was deputy from 1909 to 1912 representing Valparaíso and Casablanca. In 1915 he founded Nationalist Party along with Francisco Antonio Encina and Guillermo Subercaseaux.[1]

Edwards served as a Minister of Finance in the presidency of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín from November 1926 to February 1927. During the government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, a proto-fascist president,[3] he headed several Ministries: Education from October 1930 to April 1931; Foreign Affairs in July 1931; and Justice in late 1931.[1]

References
  1. "Luis Alberto Edwards Vives". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. "Alberto Edwards: La Fronda Aristocrática en Chile". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. Cristi, R. & Ruiz, C. (2016). El pensamiento conservador en Chile. Editorial Universitaria, p. 13.


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