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José Echegaray

1832 - 1916

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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 1832 – 14 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Echegaray is the 13th most popular engineer (up from 19th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Engineer.

José Echegaray was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. He is most famous for his novel La Sombra de la Iglesia.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, José Echegaray ranks 13 out of 389. Before him are Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, William John Macquorn Rankine, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alexei Kosygin, and Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. After him are Sergei Korolev, André Citroën, Otto Lilienthal, Umberto Nobile, Fritz Todt, and Anatoly Dyatlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, José Echegaray ranks 10. Before him are Louisa May Alcott, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Wilhelm Wundt, Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, and Gustave Doré. After him are Edward Burnett Tylor, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, William Crookes, Ivan Shishkin, Ármin Vámbéry, and Horatio Alger. Among people deceased in 1916, José Echegaray ranks 17. Before him are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, James Connolly, Richard Dedekind, and Otto of Bavaria. After him are Sholem Aleichem, Henry James, Umberto Boccioni, Natsume Sōseki, Hiram Maxim, and Ivan Franko.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Echegaray ranks 122 out of 3,355. Before him are Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Vincent Ferrer (1350), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Javier Solana (1942), and Manuel Azaña (1880). After him are Antonio Banderas (1960), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Pablo Casals (1876), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021).

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Among ENGINEERS In Spain

Among engineers born in Spain, José Echegaray ranks 1. After him are Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Álvaro del Portillo (1914), and Agustín de Betancourt (1758).

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