Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia (9 November 1850,

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– 19 November 1944,

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) was a Spanish naturalist and entomologist, and one of the

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s of Spanish entomology. He helped found the ''Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural'' (Royal Spanish Natural History Society) in 1871, and was the author of several books and of over 1000

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. He also encouraged other naturalists to study entomology, José María de la Fuente being one example. In this field he wrote more than 300 books and monographs and described more than thousand new species and about 200 genera. After the

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he was exiled to

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when the nationalist government harshly repressed Republican militants and sympathisers. Here he was made ''Doctor honoris'' of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In Mexico he was devoted mainly to entomology and founded in 1940 the journal ''Ciencia'' (Science). His more important works include: ''Ortópteros de España nuevos o poco conocidos'' (1873) and ''Catálogo sinóptico de los ortópteros de la fauna ibérica'' (1900).

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* Mexican biologists Spanish biologists Spanish entomologists Spanish emigrants to Mexico 1850 births 1944 deaths Members of the Royal Spanish Academy {{entomologist-stub