Manuel Santillán, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel Santillán

Mexican geologist

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1894

Place of Birth: Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1982

Profession: politician, geologist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Manuel Santillán Osorno (September 29, 1894 – October 12, 1982) was a Mexican geological engineer and politician. Manuel Santillán, the youngest of three sons (Adalberto, the oldest, and Isuaro, in the middle), was born on September 29, 1894, in the Hacienda de Xalostoc (Tlaxco, Tlaxcala), to Calixto Santillan and Manuela Osorno. Santillán finished preparatory studies at Universidad Veracruzana in Jalapa, Veracruz and later received three engineering degrees.
The first in geology and geodesic engineering; the second degree in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering; and the third in civil engineering from the School of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).