José Echegaray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Echegaray

Spanish mathematician; winner of Nobel Prize for Literature

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1832

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1916

Profession: writer, engineer, politician, mathematician, playwright, civil engineer, full professor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 1832 – 4 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 for 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".