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Nelly Carrillo Tarazona De Espinoza
Maria Nelly Carrillo Tarazona de Espinoza (1927 – 2017) was a Peruvian herpetologist known as Nelly Carrillo Espinoza. Biography Nelly was born 2 November 1927 in Chiquián, Peru, to Manuel Carillo and Daria Tarazona. On 22 September 1959, in San Isidro, she married the engineer Rubén Espinoza Chávez, with whom she had two children, Rubén Dario Espinoza Carillo (born 1961) and Nelly Rosario Espinoza Carrillo (born 1962). Nelly Carrillo Espinoza studied at the Faculty of Biology at the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) in Lima, where she took care of the department's important scientific collection. In 1973 she received her doctorate from UNMSM with her dissertation titled ''A new species of the genus Sibynomorphus (Serpentes: Colubridae)''. Career After moving to work at the Natural History Museum, her supervisor was Jehan Albert Vellard, the French scientist who contributed to the development and expansion of herpetological studies at the Museum's Herpetology L ...
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UNMSM Museo Historianatural
The National University of San Marcos ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educational institution at the national level. At the continental level, it is the first officially established ( privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continuously operating university in the Americas, which is why it appears in official documents and publications as "''University of Peru, Dean University of the Americas''". It had its beginnings in the general studies that were offered in the cloisters of the convent of the Rosario of the order of Santo Domingo —current Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo— around 1548. Its official foundation was conceived by Fray Thomas de San Martín on May 12, 1551; with the decree of Emperor Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1571, it acquired the degree of p ...
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Chiquián
Chiquián ( Quechua Chiqllan) is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i .... Its nickname is "the mirror of the sky" 'el espejito del cielo'' in Spanish References Populated places in the Ancash Region {{Ancash-geo-stub ...
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National University Of San Marcos
The National University of San Marcos ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educational institution at the national level. At the continental level, it is the first officially established ( privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continuously operating university in the Americas, which is why it appears in official documents and publications as "''University of Peru, Dean University of the Americas''". It had its beginnings in the general studies that were offered in the cloisters of the convent of the Rosario of the order of Santo Domingo —current Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo— around 1548. Its official foundation was conceived by Fray Thomas de San Martín on May 12, 1551; with the decree of Emperor Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1571, it acquired the degree of ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaside city of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area and more than 10.7 million in its metropolitan area, Lima is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Lima was named by natives in the agricultural region known by native Peruvians as ''Limaq''. It became the capital and most important city in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru (República del Perú). Around one-third of the national population now lives in its Lima Metropolitan Area, metropolitan area. The city of Li ...
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Jehan Albert Vellard
Jehan is a male given name. It is the old orthography of Jean in Old French, and is rarely given anymore. It is also a variant of the Persian name Jahan in some South Asian languages. People with the given name Jehan * Jehan Adam (15th century), French mathematician * Jehan Titelouze (c. 1562/63–1633), French organist and composer * Jehan Alain (1911–1940), French organist and composer * Jehan Sadat (1933–2021), first lady of Egypt * Jahanara Begum (17th century), Indian royalty * Jehan Ara Saeed (1926–2007), radio newsreader * Jehan Cousin the younger (circa 1522-1595), French artist * Jehan Cauvin (1509–1564), French theologian * Jehan de Lescurel (died 1304), medieval poet and composer * Jehan de Waurin (died circa 1474), French chronicler * Jehan Fresneau (15th century), French composer * Jehan Frollo, a character in Victor Hugo's ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' * Jehan Georges Vibert (1840–1902), French academic painter * Jehan Mubarak (born 1981), American-bo ...
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Gunther Köhler
Gunther Köhler (born 20 May 1965 in Hanau) is a German herpetologist. His research is primarily focused in Central America and in the West Indies. Career In 1995, Köhler received a doctorate in natural sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt with his thesis on the systematics and ecology of black iguanas (genus ''Ctenosaura''). Since November 1995, he is curator at the department of herpetology and since 2004 acting director of the department of terrestrial zoology at the Senckenberg Research Institute. The projects of Köhler and his research group focus on the study of neotropical herpetofauna in Central and South America, in particular in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Bolivia. The studies are taxonomic, zoogeographical and phylogenetic, with the genus ''Anolis'' forming one of the main groups. In 1994, he rediscovered '' Ctenosaura bakeri'' (the Utila iguana), a species previously known only from the type specimens described in 1901. Since April 1998, Köhler ...
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Dipsas Williamsi
''Dipsas williamsi'', also known commonly as Williams's tree snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Peru. It was named in honor of Ernest Edward Williams Ernest Edward Williams (January 7, 1914 – September 1, 1998) was an American herpetologist. He coined the term ''ecomorph'' based on his research on anoles. Taxa named in honor of Ernest E. Williams The following species are named in honor of ... by Nelly Carrillo Espinoza (1974). Original publication * Carrillo de Espinoza N (1974). "''Sibynomorphus williamsi nov. sp. (Serpentes: Colubridae)''". ''Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural “Javier Prado”, Serie A (Zoología)'' (24): 1–16. (''Sibynomorphus wiiliamsi'', new species). (in Spanish). References Dipsas Snakes of South America Reptiles of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Reptiles described in 1974 {{Dipsadinae-stub ...
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Ernest Edward Williams
Ernest Edward Williams (January 7, 1914 – September 1, 1998) was an American herpetologist. He coined the term ''ecomorph'' based on his research on anoles. Taxa named in honor of Ernest E. Williams The following species are named in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Eew", p. 81; "Ernest", p. 85; "Williams, E.E.", p. 286; "Williams-Mittermeier", p. 287). *'' Lygodactylus williamsi'' *''Anolis eewi'' (synonym of '' Anolis planiceps'') *''Erythrolamprus williamsi'' *''Strophurus williamsi'' *''Pelusios williamsi'' *''Dipsas williamsi'' *''Anolis ernestwilliamsi'' *''Phrynops williamsi'' *'' Sphaerodactylus williamsi'' *'' Lepidoblepharis williamsi'' *''Cynisca williamsi'' *''Pristimantis ernesti'' *'' Anolis williamsmittermeierorum'' Taxa described by Ernest E. Williams *''Aldabrachelys'' *'' Anolis anchicayae'' *' ...
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Edgar Lehr
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Span ...
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Peter Hocking
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1927 Births
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2017 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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