Eugenio Peschard
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Eugenio Peschard Delgado | |
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| Born | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
| Died | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | National Autonomous University of Mexico, Facultad de Ciencia |
Eugenio Peschard Delgado was a Mexican architect. Prior to joining the faculty of the National University in 1940, Peschard was an architect in the Ministry of Communications and Public Works and a member of the Council of Architecture of the Federal District. He translated a number of architectural books, including works by Hardy Cross, S. Timoshenko, and Vanden Broek.[1]
Born in Mexico sometime between 1877 and 1937, Peschard was the son of José Guadalupe Peschard and Concepción Delgado de Peschard. One of six children, Peschard's brothers were José Angel Peschard Delgado, a doctor and academic; Armando Peschard Delgado, a Mexico City doctor; and Guillermo Peschard, an orthodontic dentist and academic at the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango.
Tour of the United States
Peschard traveled to the United States on a trip that was featured in the U.S. Department of State's official Bulletin in 1948, during a period of increased outreach by the U.S. government to foster ties with Mexican officials. Alonso Mariscal, another professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, traveled with Peschard to Washington D.C. to begin a two-month study of American methods of teaching architecture. Their visit was funded through the Latin American travel-grant program of the Department of State. Messrs. Marsical and Peschard visited the schools of architecture of Harvard, Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Chicago Art Institute.[2]
