Mariano de la Bárcena (July 22, 1842 – April 10, 1899) was a Mexican

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, and

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. He was from

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Biography

Mariano Santiago de Jesús de la Bárcena y Ramos was born to Don José María de la Bárcena y Villaseñor of

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and his third wife Doña María Candelaria Ramos y Célis of Zacoalco. From early youth he devoted himself to study and research in

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. Many of his works were translated into

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and French. Bárcena is a member of several European and American scientific associations, and was director of the meteorological observatory of Mexico. He discovered and classified many Mexican plants, and published a book on the natural products of the state of

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, and a treatise on

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. Bárcena represented his nation at the New Orleans exhibition in 1885. He was elected as a member to the

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in 1877.

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