Blest Family
Blest may refer to: * Alberto Blest Gana (1830–1920), a Chilean novelist and diplomat * Clotario Blest Riffo (1899–1990), a Chilean trade union leader and social activist * Another form of the noun "blessed", more popular in old English. * William Cunningham Blest, an Irish doctor, president of the first Medical Society of Chile * Puerto Blest Puerto Blest is a small port located on Lake Nahuel Huapi, at the end of the Blest Arm, in Río Negro Province in Argentina, located at the coordinates: 41 ° 01′27.16 ″ S 71 ° 48′49.80 ″ W. The port is located where the Frías river dis ...

Alberto Blest Gana
Alberto Blest Gana (; May 4, 1830 – November 9, 1920) was a Chilean novelist and diplomat, considered the father of Chilean novel. Blest Gana was of Irish and Basque descent. Biography He was born in Santiago, the son of an Irishman, William Cunningham Blest, and of María de la Luz Gana Darrigrandi, from an aristocratic landowning family. He studied at the Military Academy and then for one year in France. A liberal, Alberto Blest was named intendant of the province of Colchagua and starting 1866 he was Chilean diplomatic representative at Washington, London and Paris. Among his successes were the inclusion of Chile in the Universal Postal Union and the purchase of armament for Chilean troops during the War of the Pacific. He also participated at border negotiations with Argentina, but with a less important role than his previous activities. Blest Gana passionately read the novels of Honoré de Balzac. Upon his return home, he virtually founded the Chilean novel by ada ...
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Clotario Blest
Clotario Leopoldo Blest Riffo (; 17 November 1899 – 31 May 1990) was a Chilean social activist and labor union leader. Blest was one of the founders of Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF), Central Única de Trabajadores de Chile, Central Única de Trabajadores (CUT), Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile), Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), and Comité de Defensa de Derechos Humanos y Sindicales (CODEHS). Early life Clotario Blest was born on 17 November 1899 in Santiago. His father was Ricardo Blest Ugarte, a military. His mother was Leopoldina Riffo Bustos who was a primary school teacher. Clotario had two siblings a brother, Fernando and a sister, Leopoldina. The paternal grandfather of Clorario blest was the Irish immigrant William Cunningham Blest, William Blest. The writers Guillermo Blest Gana, Guillermo and Alberto Blest Gana were born out of Guillermo Blest's first marriage. The upper class Blest Gana family did not have major contact with the Blest Ugarte fami ...
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William Cunningham Blest
William Cunningham Blest (1800 – 3 February 1884) was an Anglo-Irish doctor, the president of the first Medical Society of Chile, creator of the first School of Medicine in Chile, a politician and father of the novelist Alberto Blest Gana. Through his illegitimate son, Ricardo Blest Ugarte, he was grandfather of Clotario Blest. Early life He was born in Sligo, Ireland in 1800, son of Anglo-Irish clergyman and author Anna Maiben and Albert Blest; members of the middle class, Reverend and Mrs. Blest gave good educations to their children. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin, receiving a degree in medicine; then continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh in the King James IV Academy, where he received a doctorate in medicine on 21 March 1821.Available at thEdinburgh Research Archive He then moved to London, practicing medicine until he decided to emigrate because of the oversupply of doctors in London at the time. After persuasion by his brother Andrew Blest (who e ...
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