Santiago Bevans

Santiago Bevans
Personal details
Born 21 July 1777
London, United Kingdom
Died 2 April 1832
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality British
Profession engineer

Santiago Bevans (1777-1832) was an English engineer. In 1822 was hired by the Argentine government to take over the water system of Buenos Aires.[1]

Biography

Bevans was born in London, England, had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires on 2 November 1822, in company of his wife Priscilla Bright and family.[2] He had been hired by Bernardino Rivadavia. In 1823 it presents three projects for the port of the city, which consisted in form a dock of thirty-three acres.[3] That same year he ends the works of gas lighting of the Plaza de la Victoria (now Plaza de Mayo).[4]

His daughter María Bevans Bright, was married to Charles Henri Pellegrini, (born in Chambery) being the parents of the future Argentine president Carlos Pellegrini.[5]

References

  1. ↑ La vida del Doctor Carlos Pellegrini:, Ulises Alvarez Hayes
  2. ↑ Desmemoria, Volume 5, Issues 17-20, s.n., 1998
  3. ↑ El puerto de Buenos Aires en la historia II, Edgardo J. Rocca
  4. ↑ Historia cronológica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires 1536-2014, Contreras, Leonel
  5. ↑ Carlos Pellegrini: homenaje al prócer y al Banco de la nación argentina, Cristóbal Osvaldo Zavala
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