Fausto Elhuyar

Chemist, Academic

1755 – 1833

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Who was Fausto Elhuyar?

Fausto de Elhuyar was a Spanish chemist, and the joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783. He was in charge, under a King of Spain commission, of organizing the School of Mines in México City and so was responsible of building an architectural jewel known as "Palacio de Minería". Elhuyar abandoned Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence, when most of the Spanish residents in Mexico were expelled.

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Born
Oct 11, 1755
Logroño
Ethnicity
  • Basque people
Nationality
  • Spain
Profession
Died
Feb 6, 1833
Madrid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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