Emilio Herrera Linares (13 February 1879, in

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– 13 September 1967, in

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) was a Spanish military engineer and

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Biography

He was born in Granada, 1879 and became interested in the military from a young age. His father served in the military as well as attended science fairs and conventions, this would lead to his interest in military science. He graduated from the

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in 1902; he subsequently researched

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, including a brief period at the

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. He is best known for his work in cosmology and pioneering studies for high-altitude flight, spaceflight, computing, and for designing the pressurised

stratonautical space suit The stratonautical space suit (Spanish: Escafandra Estratonáutica) was a pressurised suit designed by Colonel Emilio Herrera in 1935 to be worn during a stratospheric flight using an open basket balloon scheduled for the following year. It is co ...

that was to be used in a planned stratospheric balloon flight in 1936 and that is considered one of the antecedents of the space suit. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), he remained loyal to the Second Spanish Republic. In 1937, he was made a general. He was a minister in several Spanish Republican government in exile and Prime Minister of the Republic in exile between 1960 and 1962. He was father of the poet

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Works

In Fiction

In 2020 he was played by actor Vicente Romero in the Spanish series '' El ministerio del tiempo''.

External links

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1879 births 1967 deaths People from Granada Spanish military engineers Spanish engineers Spanish scientists Spanish inventors Spanish generals Spanish republicans Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Government ministers of Spain Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Switzerland Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Commanders of the Order of Isabella the Catholic {{Spain-engineer-stub