About Celestino Fernández-Villar
Lived 1838 – 1907 (aged 69). Celestino Fernández-Villar was a Spanish botanist and regular cleric.
Celestino Fernández-Villar (April 2, 1838 – April 29, 1907) was an Augustinian friar and botanist born in Asturias, Spain.
Life Fernández-Villar was born in Asturias, Spain on April 2, 1838. He studied as a seminarian in Oviedo. In 1855 he began his monastic training as an Augustinian novitiate in Valladolid. From 1859 to 1877 he served the convent associated with the Basilica del Santo Niño in Cebu City, Philippines.
Awards In recognition of his botanical scholarship he was appointed as a corresponding academic of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Spanish: Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales).
Legacy He is the authority for at least 175 taxa including:
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Who was Celestino Fernández-Villar?
Spanish botanist (1838-1907)
When was Celestino Fernández-Villar born?
Celestino Fernández-Villar was born on 2 April 1838 in Tudela Agüeria.
When did Celestino Fernández-Villar die?
Celestino Fernández-Villar died on 29 April 1907 in Manila.
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Celestino Fernández-Villar was a botanist and regular cleric.
What nationality was Celestino Fernández-Villar?
Celestino Fernández-Villar was Spanish.
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