Roberto Levillier (1881/1886 — ) was an

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and

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Biography

Levillier served as a diplomat in different countries in Europe (

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, the

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) and in

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. In 1920 he was part of the Argentine delegation that participated in the first assembly of the

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, along with

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear y Pacheco (4 October 1868 – 23 March 1942) served as president of Argentina between from 1922 to 1928. His period of government coincided precisely with the end of the Post-war, postwar world crisis, w ...

and

Honorio Pueyrredón Honorio Pueyrredón (June 9, 1876 – September 23, 1945) was an Argentine lawyer, university professor, diplomat and politician. Born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires, Pueyrredón graduated at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires in 18 ...

. Between 1935 and 1937 he was ambassador to

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. Between 1938 and 1941 he was ambassador to

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. Despite his initial sympathy for the National Socialist regime, during his stay in Europe he provided aid to persecuted

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. From a young age he became interested in

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, publishing his ''Nueva crónica de la conquista del Tucumán''; The first volume was published in

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in 1926, with the following two volumes from the years 1930 and 1932. 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. He dedicated himself especially to the compilation and publication of unpublished documents. He stated that Américo Vespucci had arrived at the

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. In 1955 he earned a place for life in the

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. A street in the city of

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, another in

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and another in

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bear his name.

Selected works

Historiography

*''Antecedentes de política económica en el Río de la Plata: documentos originales de los siglos XVI al XIX'', Madrid: Tip. "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", 1915. *''Santo Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Arzobispo de los Reyes (1581-1606). Organizador de la Iglesia en el Virreinato del Perú''. Madrid, 1920. *''Nueva crónica de la conquista del Tucumán''. 3 volumes. Madrid, 1926. *''Papeles Eclesiásticos del Tucumán''. 2 volumes. Madrid, Imprenta de Juan Pueyo, 1926. *''Biografía de los conquistadores de la Argentina en el siglo XVI''. Madrid, Imprenta de Juan Pueyo, 1928. *''Francisco de Aguirre y los orígenes del Tucumán, 1550-1570''. Madrid, Imprenta de Juan Pueyo, 1930. *García de Castro, Lope, Despatch, Lima, Mar. 6, 1565, ''Gobernantes del Perú, cartas y papeles, Siglo xvi, Documentos del Archivo de Indias, Colección de Publicaciones Históricas de la Biblioteca del Congreso Argentino'', ed. Roberto Levillier, 14 volumes., Madrid, 1921-6. In Hemming. *''Don Francisco De Toledo, supremo organizador del Perú, su vida, su obra'' (1515–1582). Buenos Aires: Porter hnos., 1935-1940. *''Descubrimiento y Población del Norte Argentino por españoles del Perú. Desde la entrada al Tucumán hasta la fundación de Santiago del Estero 1543-1553''. Espasa-Calpe S.A., Buenos Aires, 1943. *''Guerras y conquistas en Tucumán y Cuyo''. Imprenta Porter hnos. Buenos Aires, 1945 *''Americo Vespucio''. Ediciones Cultura Hispánica. Madrid, 1966. *''Enciclopedia de Historia Argentina'', 5 tomos. Plaza & Janes S.A. Editores Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1968.

Theatre

*''La tienda de los espejos''. Editorial Saturnino Calleja, Buenos Aires, 1921. *''Rumbo Sur'', 1937 *''Estampas Virreinales Americanas''. E. Calpe 1939. *''Amor Con Dolor Se Paga''. E. Calpe 1944.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levillier, Roberto 1886 births 1969 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine historians Ambassadors of Argentina to Mexico Ambassadors of Argentina to Peru Ambassadors of Argentina to Poland Ambassadors of Argentina to Portugal Ambassadors of Argentina to Uruguay Ambassadors of Argentina to Spain Ambassadors of Argentina to the Czech Republic Ambassadors of Argentina to the Soviet Union