Augusto Nicolás Martínez

Augusto Nicolás Martínez (March 28, 1860 – March 19, 1946) was an Ecuadorian agronomist, geologist, farmer, researcher, educator, and mountaineer.

Biography

Martínez was the son of Nicolás Martínez Vásconez and Adelaida Holguín Naranjo

. He lived for a period in Martínez-Holguín House, in the northern outskirts of Ambato. His primary education was under Christian Brothers in Quito. In 1874, he studied geology and the following year he studied German language under Father Luis Dressel.

In 1880, Martinez conducted geological studies for a month in Antisana, and wrote a report of his findings in Guayaquil's La Nación. Two years later, he served in the Ecuadorian Army in Chambo/Quero cantons. He married Roxana Quirola Saá in April 1890. In the early 1890s, he found work as an assistant in the Astronomical Observatory of Quito, and later published (1896). He served again in the army in the liberal revolution of 1895 under General Francisco H. Moncayo, under whom he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In the early 1900s, Martinez published a series of works, including (1901), (1905), and (1905).

After retirement, he lived with his son Carlos. He died in Ambato of cardiac failure on 19 March 1946.