Brown,
Alberto W.
(d. 1931), landowner and breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle in
Argentina, was a board member of the Argentine Rural Society in
1921-1923. Founding member and President of the Aberdeen Angus
Argentine Society 1920-1927. Member of the Board of Directors of
the Argentine Association of Shorthorn Breeders 1920-1927. Owner
of estancias La Argentina, La Campana, and
Marión. On the latter establishment, in General Villegas,
Brown bred prize winning pedigree Aberdeen Angus. Sponsor at the
opening of General Villegas Hospital, on 16 de Julio de 1905.
Major of General Pinto department in 1893.
Gonzalo Cané
References
- Newton,
Jorge, Diccionario Biográfico del Campo Argentino (Buenos Aires,
1972).
- Web site of General Pinto (http://www.noroestebonaerense.com.ar/PARTIDOPINTO/PartidoGralPinto/PartidoGeneralPinto.htm),
accessed 20 May 2003.
- Web site of General Villegas (http://www.villegas.mun.gba.gov.ar/salud/hospitales.htm),
accessed 20 May 2003.
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