Antonio de Ulloa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio de Ulloa

Spanish general and scientist

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1716

Place of Birth: Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1795

Profession: astronomer, naturalist, writer, military personnel

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, FRS, FRSA, KOS (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish general of the navy, explorer, scientist, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.
He was appointed to that office after France ceded the territory to Spain in 1763, following its defeat by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War.
Ulloa's rule was resisted by the French Creole colonists in New Orleans, who expelled him in 1768 from West Louisiana. Ulloa had already established an international reputation in science, having been part of the French Geodesic Mission in present-day Ecuador.
He published an extensive record of his observations and findings on the South American trip, which was published in French in 1752 and in English as A Voyage to South America (1758).
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.



Alternative names	Andrés Cortés Aguilar; Andrés Cortés; Andres Cortes Y Aguilar; Andres Cortes y Aguilar
Description	Spanish painter
Date of birth/death	24 December 1812	16 May 1879
Location of birth/death	Seville	Seville
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