Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras
Spanish engineer, lawyer, and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras (26 December 1848 – 13 May 1900[1]) was a Spanish engineer, lawyer, and politician, who served as a Mayor of Madrid twice, in 1885 and in 1891–92,[2] and later as a Development Minister of Spain during the Regency of Maria Christina of Austria.[3] He was also a Deputy of Spain for Roquetes, Tarragona, between 1881 and 1884,[1] a Senator for the Economic Society of Madrid between 1886 and 1890, and then for life between 1891 and 1900.[4]
Alberto Bosch | |
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Born | Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras (1848-12-26)26 December 1848 |
Died | 13 May 1900(1900-05-13) (aged 51) Madrid, Spain |
Citizenship | Spanish |
Occupations |
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Known for | Mayor of Madrid |
Mayor of Madrid | |
In office 1885–1885 | |
Preceded by | Gonzalo de Saavedra y Cueto |
Succeeded by | Andrés Mellado |
In office 1891–1892 | |
Preceded by | Faustino Rodríguez |
Succeeded by | Marqués de Cubas |
Mayor of Madrid | |
In office 23 March 1895 – 14 December 1895 | |
Preceded by | Joaquín López Puigcerver [es] |
Succeeded by | Aureliano Linares Rivas [es] |
He was a president of the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País [es] and of the Faculty of Sciences and Letters, and also worked as an assistant professor of Mathematical Physics at the Central University.[5] He was the author of many and varied scientific productions, most notably Estudios trigonométricos, Manual de Astronomía popular, La agricultura española en el siglo XIX, and Geometría aplicada a las Artes.[5]