Aurelio García y García

Biography

Aurelio García y García (November 28, 1836 — June 25, 1888) was a Peruvian Navy officer, diplomat and politician. García was a friend and comrade-in-arms of Miguel Grau, Manuel Ferreyros and Lizardo Montero, all of whom were known as the "Four Aces of the Peruvian Navy". He was also elected Mayor of Lima in 1877. He was also a man of wide culture, who was fully fluent in the English language and who had scientific inclinations.