Luis Enrique Erro (January 7, 1897 – January 18, 1955) was a Mexican

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, politician, and educational reformer. Born in

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, Erro studied

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and accounting, among other subjects. He occupied the post of head of the Department of Technical Education until 1934. He revamped Mexico’s system of technical education in 1932, when he established the Advanced School of Mechanical Engineers and Electricians (''Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Mecánicos y Electricistas'') and the Advanced School of Construction (''Escuela Superior de Construcción''). He also helped create the

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in 1936. He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1918. In 1940, he was invited to become a member of the administration of President

Manuel Ávila Camacho Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he cam ...

, with whom he collaborated on a project to build an observatory in Tonantzintla, Puebla, where there existed atmospheric conditions favorable for astronomical studies. He renounced his post as director of this observatory in 1947 and returned to Mexico City, where he dedicated himself to writing articles on astronomy for the newspaper ''

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''. As an amateur astronomer, he is also noted for his study of southern variable stars. Due to a heart condition, he was interned for several weeks, during which time he wrote a novel, ''Los pies descalzos'' ("Bare feet"), which concerns

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. He died soon after completing this work. Planetario Luis Enrique Erro, in

, is named after him, as is

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Erro Erro may refer to: * Erro, Navarre, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarre, Spain * Erro (river), a river in north-west Italy * Erro (crater), a lunar crater named after the astronomer * "Meu Erro", a song on Os Paralamas do Suce ...

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Luis Enrique Erro
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