Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: tacna , peru    - death date: 13 january 1881      - dead: dead    - birth date: 9 september 1818    - name: robert souper    - image: roberto souper.jpg    - birth place: harwich , england   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert souper .
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colonel robert souper howard -lrb- september 9 , 1818 - january 13 , 1881 -rrb- was a chilean soldier , although born in england , who served in the chilean army during most of the war of the pacific .not to be confused with roberto souper , a putschist officer in 1973 .