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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Vicente López y Planes (1784–1856)

López y Planes, Vicente (lō’pāth ē plä’nes). An Argentine poet, lawyer, soldier, and politician; born in Buenos Aires in 1784; died there in 1856. He was Member of Congress, 1819–25; provisional President of the republic, July 5 to Aug. 13, 1827; president of the supreme court of justice; and governor of the province of Buenos Aires. He wrote the ‘Argentine National Hymn’ and other poetical works.