Francisco de Albear

Engineer, Deceased Person

1816 – 1887

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Who was Francisco de Albear?

Francisco de Albear y Fernández de Lara was a Spanish engineer from Cuba.

Son of colonel Francisco de Albear y Hernández, governor of the Morro Castle of Havana he was sent to study in mainland Spain and graduated in 1839 from the Military Engineering School of Guadalajara, Spain, with the rank of lieutenant. He was assigned to the Corps of Engineers of Cuba in 1845. Eventually he reached the rank of Brigadier General of the Royal Corps of Engineers, being in charge of over 182 projects in Cuba. He also was involved in scientific research, and was member of various scientific institutions among which: the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid, the Royal Geographic Society of Spain, the Scientific Society of Brussels the Royal Economic Society of the Friends of the Country of Havana and the Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Havana, being vicepresident of the latter.

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Born
Jan 11, 1816
Havana
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Died
Oct 22, 1887
Havana

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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