Agustín Pascual González

Agustín Pascual González (20 March 1818 – 23 January 1884) was a Spanish politician and forest engineer.

Agustín Pascual González
Agustín Pascual, in a portrait kept in the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País, Madrid.
Born(1818-03-20)20 March 1818
Madrid, Spain
Died23 January 1884(1884-01-23) (aged 65)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Politician, forest engineer

Career

He was trained as a forest engineer in Saxony (at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry),[1] where he learned from Heinrich Cotta. In 1848 he was the founder, and professor, of the Escuela de Montes de Villaviciosa de Odón.[1][2] Here he was a colleague of the professor and forestry engineer Miguel Bosch. Among his students were figures like Máximo Laguna.

From 1845 to 1868, he was responsible for the management of forests of the Royal House of Spain, among which were forested areas such as Monte de El Pardo and Casa de Campo. In 1854, he was appointed member of the royal council of agriculture, industry and commerce.[3] He was director of the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País and member of the Senate.[4]

Honors

He was an academic at the Royal Spanish Academy between 1871 and 1884.

Major works
  • El bosque de Tharand, 1863.

References
  1. Puig-Samper, Miguel Angel; Ruiz, R.; Glick, T.F. (2012). The Reception of Darwinism in the Iberian World. Springer. p. 118. ISBN 9789401006026.
  2. Glick, Thomas F.; Puig-Samper, Miguel Angel (1999). El darwinismo en España e Iberoamérica. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 140. ISBN 9788400078560.
  3. Appointment Real Consejo de Agricultura BOE-A-1853-4806
  4. Senate of Spain, Profile of senator Agustín Pascual González. "Pascual y González, Agustín". Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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