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Ramon y Cajal - Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906, was born on May 1, 1852, at Petilla in Aragon, Spain. As a boy he was apprenticed first to a barber and then to a cobbler. He himself wished to be an artist - his gift for draughtsmanship is evident in his published works. His father, ...
Felix de Azara - Felix Manuel de Azara (18 May 1742 - 20 October 1821) was a Spanish military officer, naturalist and engineer. He was born in Barbunales, Aragon.
He first embraced a military career as an engineer, and distinguished himself in various expeditions, and rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the ...