How to Pronounce Agustín de Betancourt
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Feb 01, 1758 Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain Died on 26 Jul 1824 (aged 66)
Spanish-Canarian engineer
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About Agustín De Betancourt
- Agustín de Betancourt y Molina (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ?? ????????, tr.
- Avgustin Avgustinovich de Betankur; French: Augustin Bétancourt; 1 February 1758 – 24 July 1824) was a prominent Spanish engineer, who worked in Spain, France and Russia.
- His work ranged from steam engines and balloons to structural engineering and urban planning.
- As an educator, Betancourt founded and managed the Spanish Corps of Engineers and the Saint Petersburg Institute of Communications Engineers.
- As an urban planner and construction manager, Betancourt supervised planning and construction in Saint Petersburg, Kronstadt, Nizhny Novgorod and other Russian cities.
