Edward Leedskalnin

Edward Leedskalnin
Edward Leedskalnin, c. 1910
Born
Edvards Liedskalniņš

(1887-01-12)January 12, 1887
Stāmeriena Parish, Kreis Walk, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 7, 1951(1951-12-07) (aged 64)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
NationalityLatvian
Known forCoral Castle

Edward Leedskalnin (Latvian: Edvards Liedskalniņš) (January 12, 1887 – December 7, 1951) was a Latvian immigrant to the United States and self-taught engineer who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Leedskalnin was also known for developing theories of magnetism.

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