How to Pronounce Jorge Newbery
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May 28, 1875 Buenos Aires, Argentina Died on 01 Mar 1914 (aged 38)
Argentine aviator
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About Jorge Newbery
- Jorge "George" Newbery, born Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie (29 May 1875 in Buenos Aires – 1 March 1914 in Mendoza Province), was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist with ancestry from the United States of America.
- His father, Ralph Lamartine Newbery Purcell (born 1848) was a dentist who emigrated from Long Island, New York, and settled in Argentina after the American Civil War, in which he fought on the Union side of the Battle of Gettysburg and was recognized for his courage.
- Along with Alberto Braniff and Jorge Chávez, Jorge Newbery was one of the first Latin American aircraft pilots.
- He was also an engineer, and is considered to be the architect and founder of the Argentine Air Force.
