Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo raˈmon i kaˈxal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish scientist who studied the brain, nerves, and tissues. He specialized in the structure of the brain and the central nervous system. In 1906, he and Camillo Golgi won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Rafael Lorente de Nó was born on April 8, 1902, and died on April 2, 1990. He was a Spanish scientist who studied the nervous system and made important contributions to understanding how it works. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Goicoechea was born in 1895. He worked for the remote coal narrow gauge railway of La Robla (León), the longest narrow gauge line in Western Europe, which is now operated by FEVE. He developed a welded steel carriage and various parts of the train’s suspension, brakes, and traction.
Emilio Herrera Linares was born on February 13, 1879, in Granada, Spain. He died on September 13, 1967, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a Spanish military engineer and physicist.
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot, and self-taught aeronautical engineer. He was born on September 21, 1895, and died on December 9, 1936. His most important achievement was inventing a rotorcraft called an autogiro in 1920.
Don Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y Pedrueca, also called Marcelino de Sautuola, was a Spanish jurist and amateur archaeologist who owned the land where the Altamira cave was discovered.
Ramón Silvestre Verea Aguiar y García (Curantes, 11 December 1833 – Buenos Aires, 6 February 1899) was a Galician journalist, engineer, and writer. He is known for inventing the Calculadora Alicia, a device with an internal multiplication table, in 1878.
Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo ˈtores keˈβeðo]; 28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor known for his many engineering innovations, including aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control systems. He was also a pioneer in computing and robotics. Torres was a member of several scientific and cultural institutions and held important positions, such as a member of the Real Academia Española from 1920 to 1936 and president of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences from 1928 to 1934.
Isaac Peral y Caballero was born on June 1, 1851, in Cartagena, Spain, and died on May 22, 1895, in Berlin, Germany. He was a Spanish engineer, naval officer, and creator of the submarine Peral. He joined the Spanish Navy in 1866 and built the first submarine powered by electricity, which was launched in 1888.
Agustín de Betancourt y Molina was born on February 1, 1758, and died on July 24, 1824. He was a Spanish engineer who worked in Spain, France, and Russia. His projects included steam engines, balloons, structural engineering, and urban planning.