Vicente Quesada (1812-1877) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an lawyer and lawmaker. He was born in

Copiapó Copiapó () is a city and commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region. Copiapó lies about 800 km nort ...

in 1812. He attended school at the Instituto Nacional, earning his law degree in 1834. He lived in Copiapó in the heyday of mining nearby at

Chañarcillo Chañarcillo is a town and mine in the Atacama Desert of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile, located near Vallenar and 60 km from Copiapó. It is noted for its silver mining. The town grew up after the Chañarcillo silver mine was discovere ...

and

Atacama The Atacama Desert ( es, Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the w ...

. For many years, he was an attorney with the old and respected firm of Gallo and Goyenechea, which promoted mining in the province and northern coast. In 1865 he wrote a draft ''Mining Code'' on behalf of the Supreme Government, based in part on Mexico's industrial code. He worked in the press of Copiapó and belonged to the Radical Party. He was active in the constitutional revolution of 1859 and belonged to the Copiapó's radical assembly. On several occasions, he worked in the Municipality of Copiapó. He died in Copiapó in 1877.

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People from Copiapó 1812 births 1877 deaths 19th-century Chilean lawyers {{Chile-law-bio-stub