Luis Enrique Erro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican politician and astronomer
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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
About Luis Enrique Erro
- Luis Enrique Erro (January 7, 1897 – January 18, 1955) was a Mexican astronomer, politician, and educational reformer. Born in Mexico City, Erro studied civil engineering and accounting, among other subjects.
- He occupied the post of head of the Department of Technical Education until 1934.
- He revamped Mexico’s system of technical education in 1932, when he established the Advanced School of Mechanical Engineers and Electricians (Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Mecánicos y Electricistas) and the Advanced School of Construction (Escuela Superior de Construcción).
- He also helped create the National Polytechnic Institute in 1936.
- He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1918.In 1940, he was invited to become a member of the administration of President Manuel Ávila Camacho, with whom he collaborated on a project to build an observatory in Tonantzintla, Puebla, where there existed atmospheric conditions favorable for astronomical studies.
- He renounced his post as director of this observatory in 1947 and returned to Mexico City, where he dedicated himself to writing articles on astronomy for the newspaper Excélsior.
- As an amateur astronomer, he is also noted for his study of southern variable stars.Due to a heart condition, he was interned for several weeks, during which time he wrote a novel, Los pies descalzos ("Bare feet"), which concerns Emiliano Zapata.
- He died soon after completing this work. Planetario Luis Enrique Erro, in Mexico City, is named after him, as is lunar crater Erro.
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