William Cunningham Blest, an Irish doctor, president of the first Medical Society of Chile
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Puerto Blest, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina
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A liberal, Alberto Blest was named intendant of the province of Colchagua and starting 1866 he was Chilean diplomatic representative at Washington, London and Paris.
Blest Pair of Sirens is a short work for choir and orchestra by the English composer Hubert Parry, setting John Milton's ode At a solemn Musick.
The song became a summerhit in 2012 after being listed at over 12 radio channels (including the A-List of NRK P3), and through a series of concerts throughout the summer, including Hove Festival, Palmesusfestivalen, Slottsfjellfestivalen, Månefestivalen, Øya Festival, Blest 2012, Oslo Culture Night and Amnesty TV-Aksjonen, in addition to the Krokstrand festival, Uddevalla kalaset and the Snuss-Stock festival in Sweden.
On March 21, 1827 was married to María de la Luz Gana Darrigrandi, a girl from a wealthy family and sister-in-law of Manuel Blanco Encalada, which helped Dr. Blest in setting up practice independently in Chile.
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As an important member of Chilean society at the time, William Blest, after being granted Chilean nationality, was in 1832 elected a member of the national congress for Rancagua, a seat he occupied until 1834, but without major interventions.