Sebastián Fernández de Medrano

Sebastián Fernández de Medrano (24 October 1646 – 18 February 1705) was the president and sole-director of the first modern Royal Military and Mathematics Academy of Brussels in Europe during the reign of Charles II of Spain and briefly Philip V of Spain. Sebastián was a military leader, Royal Master of Mathematics in the states of Flanders, General Prefect of the king, geographer, cartographer, Captain and Maestre de campo of the Spanish Tercio, inventor, General of Artillery, Chief Artillery Engineer of the Kingdom, author, and military architect in the Empire of Spain. Provided by Wikipedia