Emilio Guinea López (13 May 1907 in Oleaveaga,
Bilbao
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– 26 October 1985 in
Madrid
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) was a Spanish botanist.
Career
He graduated in 1929, and was awarded his doctorate in 1932 in Natural Sciences in the "Central University of Madrid" (now the
Complutense University of Madrid
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.
He made numerous expeditions to tropical Africa, with an emphasis on
Equatorial Guinea
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.
In 1957 he became Curator of the
Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
Both his library and his personal herbarium were donated to the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, which named him Honorary Director.
Some publications
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References
Sources
*Teixidó, F. ''Biólogos Españoles''
on line
External links
''In memorian, Emilio Guinea López'' from RJBPhoto of Emilio Guinea
from euskomedia.org
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1907 births
1985 deaths
20th-century Spanish botanists
Spanish explorers
People from Bilbao
Pteridologists
Mycologists