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The botanist Mariano Lagasca

Encinacorba, Campo de Cariñena, Zaragoza

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The botanist Mariano Lagasca

Historical milestone · Encinacorba, Campo de Cariñena, Zaragoza

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Manuel Mariano Lagasca y Segura was born in Encinacorba (Campo de Cariñena) on 4 October 1776 and died in Barcelona in 1839. He studied medicine in Zaragoza, Valencia and Madrid, where he was a disciple of Cavanilles; on the latter's death he was appointed vice-professor of botany at the Royal Botanical Garden in 1806 and professor of Medical Botany in 1807, and after the War of Independence he took over its direction, a post he held with great prestige between 1815 and 1823, describing numerous species of the peninsular flora. A deputy in the Cortes of the Trienio Liberal, his liberalism forced him into exile in 1823, losing his herbarium and manuscripts; he worked in London and Jersey until returning in 1834, reinstated in his post until his death. In the same town the bibliographer and Cervantes scholar Juan Antonio Pellicer was born.

1776-1839

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