17 Facts About Edward Leedskalnin

Edward Leedskalnin 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.

Edward Leedskalnin was born on January 12,1887, in Stameriena Parish, Latvia.

Edward Leedskalnin was the fifth son of Mina and Andrejs Liedskalnins, who were farmers on rented land.

Edward Leedskalnin was a sickly boy who often spent time reading books, helping him to develop an inquisitive mind and lifelong yearning for knowledge.

However, the girl who Edward Leedskalnin later referred to as his "Sweet Sixteen" broke their engagement.

Edward Leedskalnin used various basic tools available under his modest means including salvaged timber and old automobile parts.

Some local residents later remembered that as school children they had field trips to the construction site of the future Coral Castle, and Edward Leedskalnin personally explained manual methods of his work.

Edward Leedskalnin was an eccentric and lived on an exclusive diet of only crackers and sardines.

Apparently, Edward Leedskalnin suffered a stroke either before he left for the hospital or at the hospital.

Edward Leedskalnin died twenty-eight days later of pyelonephritis at the age of 64.

Edward Leedskalnin published five pamphlets on various subjects, advertising them in local newspapers.

The last, "Political" section, reveals that the reclusive Edward Leedskalnin had strong political views.

Some writers have suggested that Edward Leedskalnin's booklet contains further information on his electromagnetic research and philosophies encoded in its pages, and the blank pages are provided for the reader to fill in their decrypted solutions.

Edward Leedskalnin wrote that a mother's most important task is to ensure that her daughter remains "chaste and faithful":.

Edward Leedskalnin has already gone through all the experience that can be gone through and so in her case it would be all right.

Edward Leedskalnin claimed that all matter was being acted upon by what he called "individual magnets".

Edward Leedskalnin claimed that scientists of his time were looking in the wrong place for their understanding of electricity and that they were observing only "one half of the whole concept" with "one-sided tools of measurement".