Miguel Canela Lázaro
Dominican surveyor, physician and scientist
About Miguel Canela Lázaro
Lived 1894 – 1977 (aged 83). Miguel Canela Lázaro was a Dominican physician, diplomat, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Miguel Canela Lázaro (September 29, 1894 – December 1, 1977) was a Dominican conservationist and a diplomat.
Biography He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on September 29, 1894, the son of Pedro Canela (also born in Santiago) and Dolores Antonia Lázaro (a Spaniard). He received surveyor (1917) and medicine doctorate (1924) degrees from the University of Santo Domingo. He died in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 1, 1977.
Legacy The Rouvière and Canela ligament (shown in Fig. 15 of "Anatomy of the ankle ligaments: a pictorial essay" ) is named after him and his supervisor at the University of Paris, Henri Rouvière, for their joint work.
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Dominican surveyor, physician and scientist (1894-1977)
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Miguel Canela Lázaro was born on 29 September 1894.
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Miguel Canela Lázaro died on 1 December 1977.
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Miguel Canela Lázaro was a physician, diplomat, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Miguel Canela Lázaro was Dominican.
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