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José Echegaray
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José Echegaray

Politician · born April 19, 1832 · died 1916

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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politician, and one of the leading dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century.

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  1. ~71Became president1903
  2. ~72Received the Nobel Prize in Literature1904
  3. ~73Became full professor1905

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