Roberto Levillier Explained

Roberto Levillier
Office:Ambassador of Argentina to Uruguay
Office2:Ambassador of Argentina to Mexico
Office3:Minister Plenipotentiary of Argentina to Czechoslovakia
(Concurrent in Finland, Poland and the USSR)
Successor3:José A. Caballero
Office4:Ambassador of Argentina to Peru
Birth Date: or
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina

Roberto Levillier (1881/1886 —) was an Argentine historian and diplomat.

Biography

Levillier served as a diplomat in different countries in Europe (Spain, Portugal, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union) and in Peru.[1] In 1920 he was part of the Argentine delegation that participated in the first assembly of the League of Nations, along with Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and Honorio Pueyrredón.[2] Between 1935 and 1937 he was ambassador to Mexico. Between 1938 and 1941 he was ambassador to Uruguay.[1] Despite his initial sympathy for the National Socialist regime,[3] during his stay in Europe he provided aid to persecuted Jews.[4]

From a young age he became interested in historiography, publishing his Nueva crónica de la conquista del Tucumán; The first volume was published in Madrid in 1926, with the following two volumes from the years 1930 and 1932.[4]

In 1942, after retiring from diplomatic activity, he devoted himself fully to historical work. His interest lay in the period of conquest and colony, from a point of view sympathetic to the conquerors and unfavorable to the native peoples.[5] He dedicated himself especially to the compilation and publication of unpublished documents. He stated that Américo Vespucci had arrived at the Río de la Plata. In 1955 he earned a place for life in the National Academy of History of Argentina.[4]

A street in the city of Buenos Aires, another in Córdoba and another in Santiago del Estero bear his name.[1]

Selected works

Historiography

Theatre

Notes and References

  1. Book: Canido Borges, Jorge O. . Buenos Aires, esa desconocida: sus calles, plazas y monumentos . Corregidor . 2003 . 271 . es.
  2. Book: Escudé, Carlos . Historia General de las Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina . 2000 . es . Cisneros . Andrés . La posición argentina en la Sociedad de las Naciones . Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.
  3. Book: Escudé, Carlos . Historia General de las Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina . 2000 . es . Cisneros . Andrés . Las actividades del nazismo en la Argentina . Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.
  4. Web site: Levillier, Roberto (1886-1969). . La Web de las Biografías.
  5. News: Salutación a Levillier . 1935-01-26 . 13 . ABC.