Eulogio Rojas
Eulogio Rojas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1926 – 15 May 1930 | |
| Constituency | 20th Departamental Grouping |
| In office 15 May 1921 – 11 September 1924 | |
| Constituency | Angol and Traiguén |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1877 |
| Died | 1 May 1976 (aged 98) |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | Rosa Guzmán Vial |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Eulogio Rojas Rojas Antolina Mery Barraza |
| Occupation | Lawyer, diplomat, businessman |
Eulogio Rojas Mery (26 June 1877 – May 1976) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat, businessman, and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
He was involved in mining enterprises in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. In Bolivia he filed the first request in 1906 to exploit oil wells in the Santa Cruz region. He collaborated in journalism from 1893, worked as proofreader for the newspaper Coquimbo, and founded the newspaper La Libertad in Santiago in 1932. He owned the “San Patricio” estate in Traiguén.
He authored numerous works, including Códigos de Chile; Códigos de Chile. Segundo apéndice general (1927); Códigos de la Nación Argentina (1929); Códigos de la República Oriental del Uruguay (1930); Independencia de Sudamérica Hispana. Su grandeza y miserias (1946); El general Carrera en Chile (1951); Lord Cochrane; Manuel Rodríguez (1953); El general Carrera en el exilio (1955); and Los tres grandes de la emancipación de Sudamérica Hispana (1967).
He died in Santiago in May 1976.