Estevan Fuertes
| Estevan Antonio Fuertes | |
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| Born | May 10, 1838 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Died | January 16, 1903 (aged 64) Ithaca, New York |
| Education | Troy Polytechnic Institute, BSCE |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Stone Perry |
| Children | James Hillhouse Fuertes, Louis Agassiz Fuertes |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Astronomy, Civil engineering |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
Estevan Antonio Fuertes (May 10, 1838 San Juan, Puerto Rico – January 16, 1903 Ithaca, New York) was a Puerto Rican-American astronomer and civil engineer.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Estevan Antonio Fuentes was the son of Estevan and Demetria Cherbonnier Fuertes. He received his education at Salamanca, Spain, and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.
From 1861 to 1863, he was assistant engineer in the Department of Public Works, Puerto Rico, and subsequently served as director of public works for the western district of that island. Coming to the United States in 1864, he was successively assistant engineer and engineer to the Croton Aqueduct Board, and prepared a valuable report on the connection of the Croton water supply with the manufactures of New York City.
From 1870 to 1871, he was chief engineer of the American Isthmian Canal expeditions to Tehuantepec and Nicaragua to investigate and report on the practicability of a ship canal connecting the Caribbean and the Pacific.
In 1873, he was appointed founding dean of the Civil Engineering Department of Cornell, and from 1890 to 1902 directed the Cornell's College of Civil Engineering advancing its research and technical programs to its then "state-of-the-art" modern standard.
In 1902, he was also appointed professor of astronomy at Cornell and supervised the construction of the A. C. Barnes Observatory.
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