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Leonardo Torres Quevedo

Spanish engineer and mathematician (1852-1936)
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[46]
Date of birth
December 28, 1852
Date of death
December 18, 1936
Place of birth
Santa Cruz
Place of death
Madrid
Country of citizenship
Spain[11]
Occupation
inventor, Esperantist, computer scientist, engineer, politician
Employer
Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas[23]
Field of work
aeronautics, automation, engineering, mathematics[12][13][14][15]
Position held
vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas, president of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Member of the Consultative National Assembly, Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, president of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society, president[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Educated at
Escuela Oficial del Cuerpo de Ingenieros de Caminos, Technical University of Madrid[24][25]
Award received
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII, Echegaray Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Band of the Order of the Republic, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris[31][32][33][34][35][36]
Notable work
Whirlpool Aero Car, Telekine, electromechanical arithmometer, Astra-Torres, El Ajedrecista[26][27][28][29][30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Esperanto, Spanish[52][53]
Family name
Torres[49]
Given name
Leonardo[50]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Spanish Academy, Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Sociedad de Amigos de Portugal, Royal Spanish Mathematical Society, Sociedad Científica Argentina, Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, French Academy of Sciences, Ateneo de Madrid, Spanish association for the progress of sciences[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Participated in conflict
Third Carlist War[48]
Place of burial
San Isidro Cemetery[10]
Relative
Francisco de Asís Cabrero[51]
Residence
Espartinas[47]
Second family name in Spanish name
Quevedo[54]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leonardo Torres Quevedo en Leonardo Torres y Quevedo en Torres Quevedo, Leonardo ar ليوناردو توريس كوفيدو de Torres y Quevedo de Torres Quevedo de Leonardo Torres y Quevedo es Leonardo Torres y Quevedo es Leonardo de Torres Quevedo es Leonardo Torres-Quevedo es Torres Quevedo es Torres-Quevedo es Torres y Quevedo, L. ja レオナルド・トーレス・ケベード ru Леонардо Торрес-и-Кеведо ru Торрес-и-Кеведо Леонардо uk Леонардо Торрес-і-Кеведо uk Леонардо Торрес Кеведо
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000059483159
VIAF cluster ID
30640509
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82255353
GND ID
130272396
ARAE ID
torres-quevedo-leonardo-1852-1936
Archivo Histórico de diputados de España ID
114240
Auñamendi ID
149046
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
104201654
CANTIC ID
981058528989406706
CTHS person ID
117592
Dialnet author ID
1691089
Digital Mechanism and Gear Library ID
6655004
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
193323
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Leonardo-Torres-Quevedo
FAST ID
125492
FactGrid item ID
Karel Destovnik
Freebase ID
/m/018w7p
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m018w7p
Google Doodle
leonardo-torres-quevedos-160th-birthday
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
leonardo-torres-quevedo
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0066917
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4198421
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
torres-i-kevedo-leonardo-c7bb10
Historia Hispánica ID
biografias/42675
IdRef ID
175075646
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
05674/eu_t_1446/t1446
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810533457105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX877140
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
274518570
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID
9042/leonardo-torres-quevedo
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058528989406706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1384786
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjHgXRf8kY4kC7QVp6R8C
ZbMATH author ID
torres-quevedo.leonardo

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🔗 Connections
Member of 5
French Academy of Sciences, Royal Spanish Academy, Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Ateneo de Madrid, Royal Spanish Mathematical Society
Occupation 5
politician, engineer, inventor, computer scientist, Esperantist
Field of work 4
mathematics, engineering, automation, aeronautics
Award received 3
Commander of the Legion of Honour, Echegaray Medal, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Spanish, Esperanto
Notable work 2
El Ajedrecista, Whirlpool Aero Car
Chaired by 1
Royal Spanish Mathematical Society
Country of citizenship 1
Spain
Educated at 1
Technical University of Madrid
Employer 1
Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas
FactGrid item ID 1
Karel Destovnik
Family name 1
Torres
Given name 1
Leonardo
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Participated in conflict 1
Third Carlist War
Place of burial 1
San Isidro Cemetery
Place of death 1
Madrid
Position held 1
president
Relative 1
Francisco de Asís Cabrero
Residence 1
Espartinas
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Emilio Herrera Linares
← Creator 1
El Ajedrecista
← Developer 1
El Ajedrecista
← Discoverer or inventor 1
Whirlpool Aero Car
← FactGrid item ID 1
Lazarivka
← Relative 1
Francisco de Asís Cabrero
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Summary

Leonardo Torres Quevedo was born on December 28, 1852[1], in Santa Cruz[2]. He died on December 18, 1936[3], in Madrid[4]. He worked as an inventor[5], Esperantist[6], computer scientist[7], engineer[8], and politician[9].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of Whirlpool Aero Car[55], an aerial tramway[56], in Canada[57].

FAQs

Where was Leonardo Torres Quevedo born?

Leonardo Torres Quevedo's place of birth was Santa Cruz[2].

Where did Leonardo Torres Quevedo die?

Leonardo Torres Quevedo died in Madrid[4].

What did Leonardo Torres Quevedo do for work?

Leonardo Torres Quevedo worked as an inventor[5], Esperantist[6], computer scientist[7], engineer[8], and politician[9].

Where did Leonardo Torres Quevedo go to school?

Leonardo Torres Quevedo was educated at Escuela Oficial del Cuerpo de Ingenieros de Caminos[24] and Technical University of Madrid[25].

What awards did Leonardo Torres Quevedo receive?

Honors received include Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III[31], Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII[32], Echegaray Medal[33], and Commander of the Legion of Honour[34].

What did Leonardo Torres Quevedo discover?

Leonardo Torres Quevedo is credited as discoverer of Whirlpool Aero Car[55].

Related Entities

computer scientist engineering Espartinas mathematics Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  54. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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