Leoncio Afonso Perez (12 September 1916 – 27 March 2017) was a professor of geography and an intellectual of the Canary Islands. Afonso was born in

Breña Alta Breña Alta (Spanish for Upper Breña) is a municipality on the eastern side of the island of La Palma, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The ayuntamiento (municipal office) is in the town of San Pedro, at 350 m abo ...

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

in September 1916. He made considerable contributions to the study of geography in the region, and he was bestowed an honorary doctorate from the

University of La Laguna The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: ''Universidad de La Laguna'') is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university ...

on 7 March 1997, in recognition of his life's work. His career was dedicated, among other things, to the study of the

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

and toponymics of the

. He died in San Cristobal de la Laguna, Canary Islands in March 2017 at the age of 100.

Works

* ''Esquema de Geografía Física de Canarias'', La Laguna 1953 * ''Geografía de Tenerife, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia'', Madrid 1974 * ''Aspectos Geográficos de Madeira y Azores'' La Laguna 1977 * ''Canarias'' (7 fascículos) en Conocer España, Salvat Editores, 1978 * ''Canarias, en Maravillas de la Península Ibérica'', Seleciones, 1979 * “El Modelo Cerealista en la Agricultura Canaria” La Laguna,1982 * ''Mapas Murales de Canarias'' (a differentes escalas) 1985 * ''Geografía Física de Canarias'', S/C. de Tfe. 1981 * ''Mapa Escolar de Canarias'', S/C. de Tfe. 1986 (con colaboradores) * ''Atlas Básico de Canarias'', 1980 (con colaboradores) * ''Atlas Interinsular de Canarias'' (en colaboración) S/C. de Tfe. 1990 * ''Geografía de Canarias'' (6 tomos). Director y con diversos trabajos en la misma. S/C. Tfe. 1985 * ''La toponimia como percepción del Espacio,'' la Laguna 1991 * ''Miscelánea de Temas Canarios'', Cabildo Insular de Tfe. 1986 * ''Garafía, en homenaje a Juan Régulo'', 1987 * ''La cubierta de madera en la vivienda rural del NW. de La Palma en Homenaje'' a Don José Pérez Vidal * ''Geografía de La Palma'', Santa Cruz de la Palma 1993 * ''Plan Integral de Norte de la Palma'', colaborador, 1986, inédito. * ''Góngaro, Origen y rasgos de la toponimia canaria''. 1997 * ''Diversos artículos y prólogos de libros'' * ''Artículos de prensa en La Tarde, Diario de Avisos, El Día y en Ya'', (numerosos y en diversas fechas), sobre temas culturales, geográficos y de actualidad

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