Editing Leonardo Torres Quevedo (section)

==Early life and education==

Torres was born on 28 December 1852, on the [[Feast of the Holy Innocents]], in [[Santa Cruz, Molledo|Santa Cruz de Iguña]], Cantabria, Spain. His father, Luis Torres Vildósola y Urquijo (1818–1891), was a civil engineer in [[Bilbao]], where he worked as a [[Railway track|railway]] engineer. His mother was Valentina Quevedo de la Maza (1825–1891). He had two siblings, Joaquina (b. 1851) and Luis (b. 1855). The family resided for the most part in Bilbao, although they also spent long periods in his mother's family home in Cantabria's mountain region. During his childhood, he spent long periods of time separated from his parents due to work trips. As a result, he was cared by relatives of his father, the Barrenechea sisters, who declared him heir to their property, which facilitated his future independence.<ref name="-.bio-.-itefi.-.">{{cite web|access-date=18 May 2020|date=September 2014|first=Juan Carlos|last=Fernández-Gallardo Alía|title=Biografía de D. Leonardo Torres Quevedo {{!}} ITEFI.csic.es|url=http://www.itefi.csic.es/es/content/biografia-leonardo-torres-quevedo|website=www.itefi.csic.es}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

He studied high school in Bilbao and later went to Paris, to the college of the [[De La Salle Brothers|Christian Brothers]], to complete studies for two years (1868 and 1869),<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopoldo (1966)|last=Rodríguez Alcalde|title=Leonardo Torres Quevedo y la cibernética. (1.ª edición). Madrid: Ediciones Cid. p. 28.}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> where he met French culture, customs, and language and that in later years it would help him in his scientific-technical relationships with personalities, and scientific institutions. In 1870, his father was transferred, bringing his family to [[Madrid]]. The following year, Torres began his higher studies in the {{Interlanguage link|Official School of the Road Engineers' Corps|es|Escuela_de_Ingenieros_de Caminos,_Canales_y_Puertos_(Universidad_Politécnica_de_Madrid)}}. He temporarily suspended his studies in 1873 to volunteer along with his brother Luis for the defense of Bilbao, which had been surrounded by [[Carlism|Carlist]] troops during the [[Third Carlist War]]. Once the siege of Bilbao was lifted in 1874, he returned to Madrid and completed his studies in 1876, graduating fourth in his class.<ref name="-.bio-.-itefi.-."/>