Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea (September 30, 1730 – April 21, 1803) was a Spanish botanist, director of the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País, and

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.Hormingo, A. S., Juan Antonio Hernández y Pérez de Larrea. Retrieved from http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/28730/juan-antonio-hernandez-y-perez-de-larrea.

Biography

Larrea was born into a noble family. Excelling in theological studies, he became a pastor in the town of

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in 1760. In 1775, he was appointed canon of

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. Here he became invested in the botanical garden of the city, and experimented on the making of

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dye and the spinning of silk. In 1788, he was anointed as a knight of the

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. In 1792 he began to collaborate with the (Royal Academy of Nobles and Fine Arts of San Luis). In 1798, he became the director of the Academy. Larrea was appointed bishop of the diocese of

in 1801. It was here he died in 1803.

Legacy

The plant genus ''

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'' was named in his honor.

Publications

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Oración panegirica que en la translación del Santísimo Sacramento a su nueva parroquia de Santa Cruz, executada en el 8 de octubre de 1780
'. Zaragoza

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernández y Pérez de Larrea, Juan Antonio 1730 births 1803 deaths Bishops of Valladolid 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain