He was the son of astronomer and civil engineer
Estevan Fuertes and Mary Stone Perry Fuertes, and the brother of naturalist and writer
Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Fuertes graduated from
Cornell University in 1883. He constructed works for the sewerage, drainage and water supply of various cities in the United States,
Canada and
Brazil, and served as consulting engineer of various corporations and municipalities. He was a non-resident lecturer at Cornell. ==Works==