Enrico Mosconi
| Enrico Mosconi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1843 Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died |
1910 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality |
 Italian |
| Profession | Engineer |
Enrico Mosconi (1843-1910) was an Italian engineer, father of the General Enrique Mosconi.
Personal life
Enrico Mosconi was born in 1843 in Milan, Kingdom of Italy,[1] and he arrived in Argentina about 1869, for work related to construction of the Central Argentine Railway. In Buenos Aires he married María Juana Canavery,[2] born in the city to José Tomás Canaverys and Macedonia Castilla. Enrico and María Juana had five children: María, Ernestina, Enrique, Esther, and Ricardo.
In 1881, María Juana Canavery died during the birth of Ricardo in France. Enrico Mosconi returned to Buenos Aires that year with the two youngest children, leaving the older children in a school in Nice.[3] He then married María Luisa Natti, with whom he had four more children.[4]
Career
Settled permanently in Argentina, Mosconi worked as an engineer for the laying of a telegraph network. In Santa Fe he was commissioned to draw a plan for railway línes.[5] On February 25, 1888 he founded the city of Villa Gobernador Gálvez. He created a journal for the Italian community in the city Rosario.[6]
References
- ↑ Un argentino llamado Mosconi by Sandra Pien, María Ghirlanda, 1999
- ↑ Mosconi, Petróleo para Los Argentinos, Taeda, 2007
- ↑ Mosconi, general del petróleo, Raúl Larra
- ↑ Historia, Números 92-95, Ediciones AP, 2004
- ↑ Leyes, contratos y resoluciones referentes á los ferrocarriles y tranvías á tracción mecánica de la Republica Argentina, Volumen 5, Argentina
- ↑ Enrique Mosconi, Planeta, 2001