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Eduardo Saavedra
Born	Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas (1829-02-27)27 February 1829 Tarragona, Spain
Died	12 March 1912(1912-03-12) (aged 83) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Seat B of the Real Academia Española
In office 29 December 1878 – 12 March 1912
Preceded by	Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
Succeeded by	Ricardo León y Román [es]

Eduardo Saavedra y Moragas (27 February 1829 in Tarragona – 12 March 1912 in Madrid), Spanish engineer, architect, archaeologist and Arabist, member of the Real Academia de la Historia, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Real Academia Española and cofounder-president of the Real Sociedad Geográfica.

Biography

In 1857 Eduardo Saavedra designed the Chipiona Lighthouse, the highest lighthouse in Spain. In 1860 he discovered Numantia ruins in the province of Soria and was the chairman of the committee that dealt with the archaeological excavations. While working on the project of roads between Soria and the Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma he discovered the Roman road between Uxama Argaela and Augustóbriga.

Archeological Studies

• "Descripción de la vía romana entre Uxama y Augustóbriga", en Memorias de la Real Academia de la Historia, vol. 9, 1879

Arabic Studies

• La Geografía de España de El Idrisí, Madrid, 1881.
• Intereses de España en Marruecos, Madrid, 1884.
• Estudio sobre la invasión de los árabes en España, Madrid, 1891.
• La mujer mozárabe, Madrid, 1904.

Bibliography

• Guijarro, Luis (2006). «Castilla y León, con el sello de norte». Revista del Ministerio de Fomento (553) (Ministerio de Fomento). pp. 80–95. ISSN 1577-4589.
• Mañas Martínez, José (1983), Eduardo Saavedra, Ingeniero y Humanista; prólogo de Julio Caro Baroja, Madrid:Turner-Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos.
• Manzanares de Cirre, Manuela (1972), Arabistas españoles del siglo XIX, Madrid, Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura.
• Pasamar Alzuria, Gonzalo; Peiró Martín, Ignacio (2002). Diccionario Akal de Historiadores españoles contemporáneos. Ediciones Akal. ISBN 9788446014898.

References

1. Pasamar Alzuria y Peiró Martín, 2002, p. 551.
2. Senado de España, Expediente personal del senador. «Saavedra y Moragas, Eduardo».
3. XVII vía romana

External links

• Obras de Eduardo Saavedra en la Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes
• Eduardo Saavedra en Biografías y vidas
• La ingeniería española y el Canal de Suez. El primer viaje de una fragata española a través del canal (1869) : Exposición Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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