Fausto Elhuyar

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birth_date = October 11,1755
birth_place = Logroño
death_date = February 6,1833
death_place = Madrid
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nationality = Spanish
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field = chemistry
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known_for = tungsten
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Fausto de Elhuyar (October 11,1755 - February 6,1833) was a Spanish Basque chemist, and the joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783. Fausto de Elhuyar was in charge, under a King of Spain commission, of organizing the School of Mining in México City and so was responsible of building an architectural jewel known as "Palacio de Minería". Elhuyar abandoned Mexico right after the Mexican War of Independence, when most of the Spanish residents in Mexico were expelled.

He was born in Logroño, son of French- Basque parents from Hasparren(Labourd) , and died in Madrid.

References

*cite journal
title = Fausto de Elhuyar (1755-1833), a Spanish mining geologist
author = Joan M. Eyles
journal = Geological Magazine
volume = 93
issue = 2
pages = 175–180
year = 1956
url = http://geolmag.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/2/175
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External links

* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05381a.htm Fausto de Elhuyar] at the Catholic Encyclopedia