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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Colmeiro and the second or maternal family name is Penido.
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Miguel Colmeiro
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Born
Miguel Colmeiro y Penido

(1816-10-22)22 October 1816
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died 21 June 1901(1901-06-21) (aged 84)
Madrid, Spain
Board member of Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona
Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1860–1901)
Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (since 1871)
Royal National Academy of Medicine
Seat C of the Real Academia Española
In office
11 May 1893 – 21 June 1901
Preceded by Cristino Martos y Balbí
Succeeded by José María Asensio

Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (22 October 1816–21 June 1901) was a Spanish botanist, and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales).

Biography

Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in Santiago de Compostela. He was the rector of the Faculty of Sciences in the Complutense University of Madrid where he later became the Dean. He had been the Director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and professor of Phytography and Botanical Geography. He also was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España.

He is known as the author of many notable botanical works. He was one of the founder of the Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.

Honors

Eponymous

Works

  • "Exámen de las encinas y demas árboles de la Península que producen bellotas : con la designacion de los que se llaman mestos" by Colmeiro, Miguel, 1816-1901; Geofrin, José María; Boutelou, Esteban
  • "La botánica y los botánicos de la Peninsula Hispano-Lusitana : estudios bibliográficos y biográficos" 1858
  • "Enumeración y revisión de las plantas de la península hispano-lusitana e Islas Baleares" 1886-89.
This author is usually abbreviated Colmeiro when citing a botanical name.

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