Severo Ochoa

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz Spanish: ; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993 was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg. Contents   1Education and early life 2Career and research 2.1United States 2.2Legacy 3References 4External links Education and early life Ochoa was born

José Celestino Mutis

José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio 6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808 was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America. He is one of the most important authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the

Narcís Monturiol

Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol Catalan pronunciation: ; September 28, 1819 – September 6, 1885 was a Spanish artist and engineer. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine. Contents   1Biography 1.1Ictineo I 1.2Ictineo II 2Later life and legacy 2.1Later life 2.2Legacy 3Notes 4References 5External links Biography Monturiol i Estarriol was born in

Gregorio Marañón

Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo, OWL 19 May 1887 in Madrid – 27 March 1960 in Madrid was a Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer and philosopher. He married Dolores Moya in 1911, and they had four children (Carmen, Belén, María Isabel and Gregorio). Contents   1Life and work 2Foundation 3Ateneo of Madrid 4Legacy 5Books 6References 7External

Asunción Linares

Asunción Linares Rodríguez 12 February 1921 – 21 April 2005 was a Spanish paleontologist who excelled in teaching and research. She earned a degree in Natural Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, obtaining her doctorate in 1952 under the direction of Bermudo Meléndez . She became the Chair of Paleontology at the University of Granada in 1961, being

Manuel Jalón Corominas

Manuel Jalón Corominas Logroño, 31 January 1925 – Zaragoza, 16 December 2011 was a Spanish air force officer, aeronautical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He was awarded patents for improvements to the mop and the disposable syringe. Contents   1Biography 2Contributions 2.1The mop and bucket 2.1.1Legal claims about invention of the mop 2.2The disposable syringe 3Trasmoz castle 4Honours and

Francisco Hernández de Toledo

Francisco Hernández de Toledo 1514 in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo – 28 January 1587 in Madrid was a naturalist and court physician to the King of Spain. Hernández was among the first wave of Spanish Renaissance physicians practicing according to the revived principles formulated by Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna. Hernández studied medicine and botany at the University of Alcalá and may have traveled between cities in Spain,

Bernardo Hernández González

Bernardo Hernández González born 1970 is a Spanish technology entrepreneur and business angel. He is a General Partner with e.ventures in Berlin. He was head of Flickr at Yahoo until he left in April 2015. He had been Director of Product Management at Google and Managing Director at Zagat. He has started, alone or with

Fausto Elhuyar

Fausto de Elhuyar 11 October 1755 – 6 February 1833 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 for building an architectural