Diocleciano
Chaves López, Nicaraguan naturalist, taxidermist, folklorist and archeologist
(Managua 07 April 1844 – Managua 28 October 1936) Collected
plants, animals, popular names, legends, old objects and medicinal uses along
Nicaragua Sent plant
specimens to botanist William Maxon and Smithsonian Institute in United States Invited by
diplomat English Edward J. Thorson to work at British Museum (1904) Obtained a
silver medal in World Fair of Paris for high quality in dissected animals Scientific
collaborator, Kokaido Imperial Academy, Japan SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Apuntes de Botanica desde el punto de vista medicinal Lepidopteros del Museo Nacional de Nicaragua Parrafitos de Geologia y Botanica Centroamericana Apuntes de Historia Natural (1901) Lista preliminar de las plantas de Nicaragua (1931) Una piedra grabada en el Museo Nacional de Nicaragua. Proceed. London 266:67, 1934 His
daughter, Crisanta Chaves Guerrero, museologist, naturalist and archeologist
(1900-1981) Authored Ligeros apuntes sobre la ceramica azteca y nicoyana:
sarcófagos y urnas del Museo Nacional (1944) HONORS
Crisantophis Villa 1971 (Reptilia) |
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