Background
Martinez, Gilberto Crespo Y was born on August 17, 1853 in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Son of Juan Crespo de la Serna and Dolores Martinez y Crillon.
Martinez, Gilberto Crespo Y was born on August 17, 1853 in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Son of Juan Crespo de la Serna and Dolores Martinez y Crillon.
Educated Liceo JalapeƱo, Jalapa, Vera Cruz, and Colejio del Estado, Puebla, Puebla. Mechanical Engineering, National School Engineers, Mexico City, 1879.
Professor engineering, National School Engineers, 1878-1892. Assistant secretary, Secretary of Fomento, 1892-1901. Member Federal Chamber of Deputies, Mexico City, 1886-1900.
Consul-general in Cuba, 1901-1902. Plenipotentiary minister in Cuba, 1902-1906, in Vienna, 1906-June, 1911. Mexican ambassador to the United States, July 12, 1911-1912.
Mexican minister at Vienna, Austria, May, since 1912.
Member Mexican Commission New Orleans Exhibition, 1884, Paris Exposition, 1889. Member Mexican Engineers Association, Mexico Academy Mathematics Physicians and Chemical Sciences.
Married Adela de la Serna, of Vera Cruz, February 4, 1887.