Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras

Alberto Bosch
Alberto Bosch on 22 October 1885
Born	Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras (1848-12-26)26 December 1848 Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain
Died	13 May 1900(1900-05-13) (aged 51) Madrid, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish
Occupations	Engineer Lawyer Writer Politician
Known for	Mayor of Madrid
Mayor of Madrid
In office 1885–1885
Preceded by	Gonzalo de Saavedra y Cueto
Succeeded by	Andrés Mellado
In office 1891–1892
Preceded by	Faustino Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Marqués de Cubas
Mayor of Madrid
In office 23 March 1895 – 14 December 1895
Preceded by	Joaquín López Puigcerver [es]
Succeeded by	Aureliano Linares Rivas [es]

Alberto Bosch y Fustegueras (26 December 1848 – 13 May 1900^[1]) was a Spanish engineer, lawyer, and politician, who served as a Mayor of Madrid twice, in 1885 and in 1891–92,^[2] and later as a Development Minister of Spain during the Regency of Maria Christina of Austria.^[3] He was also a Deputy of Spain for Roquetes, Tarragona, between 1881 and 1884,^[1] a Senator for the Economic Society of Madrid between 1886 and 1890, and then for life between 1891 and 1900.^[4]

He was a president of the Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País [es] and of the Faculty of Sciences and Letters, and also worked as an assistant professor of Mathematical Physics at the Central University.^[5] He was the author of many and varied scientific productions, most notably Estudios trigonométricos, Manual de Astronomía popular, La agricultura española en el siglo XIX, and Geometría aplicada a las Artes.^[5]