Fernando Vives | |
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Born | 24 March 1871 |
Died | 21 September 1935 | (aged 64)
Influenced |
Clotario Blest Jaime Eyzaguirre Alberto Hurtado |
Fernando Vives Solar (1871–1935) was a Chilean Jesuit known as one of the foremost advocates of the Catholic social teachings in Chile. Vives influenced a generation of young men including Alberto Hurtado, Clotario Blest and future historian Jaime Eyzaguirre. His advocacy for social questions was not well received among the conservative elites who forced Vives to leave the country in 1918 for an exile in Spain until 1931 when he returned to Chile.