José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. Wikipedia
Born: April 19, 1832, Spain
Died: September 14, 1916 (age 84 years), Madrid, Spain
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Plays: Mariana and La calumnia por castigo
Education: UPM: Higher Technical School of Civil Engineers (1848–1853)
Nationality: Spanish