Antonio Lussich
Antonio Dionisio Lussich Griffo (born June 23, 1848 in Montevideo ; † June 5, 1928 there ) was a Uruguayan shipowner , botanist and man of letters .
Antonio Lussich was born in Montevideo as the son of Felipe Lussich . Lussich, who spoke five languages fluently, attended the Colegio Alemán until he was 14 . The Blancos belonging, he was a soldier in 1870 the ranks of of Timoteo Aparicio against the government Lorenzo Batlles to led forces. Two years later he took part in the Revolución Tricolor . In 1879 he married Angela Portillo . The marriage resulted in 9 daughters and one son. After his father's death in 1889, he and his brother Manuel Lussich took over the father's company. The two paid off the remaining brothers, so that from then on Antonio owned 60 percent and Manuel 40 percent of this shipping company . In 1882 the associated ship fleet already consisted of 15 schooners , sloops , ketches and the Plata also included a first steamer . The company grew enormously in the following years and soon other steamers such as the Emperor , Atlantico , Huracan and Powerful were part of the portfolio. In addition, a rescue service was created on the Río de la Plata , to which numerous shipwrecked people owed their lives. This Flota Gris de Lussich then achieved worldwide fame. In this context, Lussich himself was awarded a gold medal for his services by the English consul.
Lussich also excelled as a poet. For example, he wrote the poems Los Tres Gauchos Orientales , which he wrote in Buenos Aires in June 1872 , and El Matrero Luciano Santos , which he wrote a year later .
On October 5, 1896, Antonio Lussich acquired 1,500 hectares of land about one hundred kilometers east of Montevideo in Punta Ballena near the coast of the Río de la Plata. Here he built his life's work with the Lussich Arboretum , a botanical garden of extraordinary size and diversity. After his death, he was also buried here at his own request.
Lussich Cove , a bay on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, is named after him .
Web links
- Lussich: un Pionero (Spanish), accessed December 26, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estudio dominial de Punta Ballena y Laguna del Sauce a partir de 1868 (Spanish), accessed 26 December 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lussich, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lussich Griffo, Antonio Dionisio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan botanist, shipowner and man of letters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1928 |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay |