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 The ''Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País'' (Economic Societies of Friends of the Country) were private associations established in various cities throughout Enlightenment Spain, and to a lesser degree in some of Spain's overseas territories ...
, and
Bishop
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of
Valladolid
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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
Terriente in 1760.
In 1775, he was appointed
canon
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of
Zaragoza
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. Here he became invested in the botanical garden of the city, and experimented on the making of
carmine dye and the spinning of silk.
In 1788, he was anointed as a knight of the
Order of Charles III
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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
Valladolid
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in 1801. It was here he died in 1803.
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Legacy
The plant genus ''Larrea
''Larrea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of evergreen shrubs that are native to the Americas. The generic name honours Bishop Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea, a patron of ...
'' 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
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1730 births
1803 deaths
Bishops of Valladolid
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain