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Héctor S. Osorio
Héctor Saúl Osorio Rial (1928–2016) was a pediatrician, bacteriologist, and lichenologist from Uruguay. Osorio as a youth was keenly interested in natural science. He became a pediatrician and professional bacteriologist, but continued to pursue his avocation of field studies of nature, first in entomology and then in lichenology. He published over 90 scientific articles on the lichens of Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil. At the ''Museo Nacional de Historia Natural'' (National Museum of Natural History, Uruguay, National Museum of Natural History) in Montevideo, he was assistant director from 1971 to 1985, director from 1985 to 1997, and director emeritus and associate researcher from 1997 to 2016. At Montevideo's ''Universidad de la Republica'', he was a director of the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities and a professor of botany from 1974 to 1985. Eponyms * ''Jenmania osorioi'' * ''Ochrolechia osorioana'' * ''Punctelia osorioi'' * ''Ramalina osorioi'' Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
