José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
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| name = José Antonio Pavón
| image = Placa homenaje a José Antonio Pavón (Casatejada, Cáceres).jpg
| alt = A white plaque reading: "A la memoria del insigne hijo de Casatejada, D. José A Pavón y Jimenez. Farmacéutico, botánico, explorador de la flora del Perú, 1754-1940 [sic]. El ayuntamiento en el bicentenario de su nacimiento. MCMLIV." In English: "In memory of the distinguished son of Castejada, D. José A Pavón y Jimenez. Pharmacist, botanist, explorer of flora in Peru, 1754-1940 [sic]. City Hall on the bicentennial of his birth. 1954." This incorrectly lists his death year as 1940 instead of 1840.
| caption = Plaque dedicated to Pavón in Casatejada
| birth_name = José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
| birth_date = {{birth date |1754|04|22}}
| birth_place = Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain
| death_date = {{death year and age |1840|1754}}
| death_place = Madrid, Spain
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| fields = Botany
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| author_abbrev_bot = Pav.
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José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain – 1840 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.
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Biography
During the reign of Charles III of Spain, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz López were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788.[https://books.google.com/books?id=OMNoS-g1h8cC&dq=%22Jos%C3%A9+Antonio+Pav%C3%B3n%22+1777+Chile&pg=PA926 Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a ..., Volume 1] edited by John Michael Francis
The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles[https://books.google.com/books?id=-37OBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22+Pavonia%22++%22Pav%C3%B3n%22&pg=PA2812 CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names ...] by Umberto Quattrocchi — plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name.[https://books.google.com/books?id=FQRHAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Pav%C3%B3n+y+Jim%C3%A9nez%22+1754&pg=PA222 Etymological Dictionary of Grasses] by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock
See also
References
Further reading
- {{Cite web|title=Pavón y Jiménez, José Antonio (1754-1844) on JSTOR|url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000006363|access-date=2021-07-25|website=plants.jstor.org }}
- {{Cite web |last=Garmendia |first=Felix Muñoz |title=José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez-Villanueva |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/8177/jose-antonio-pavon-y-jimenez-villanueva |website=Real Academia de la Historia |language=Spanish}}
External links
{{Commons category|José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez}}
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003715/http://www.citologica.org/fteixido/default.asp?Id=8&Fd=2 Short biography]
- [http://www.botanicus.org/item/31753003431704 "Flora Peruviana et Chilensis" Vols. I-III available online at Botanicus.org website]
- [http://www.larramendi.es/vcilustrados/i18n/consulta_aut/registro.do?id=3229 José Antonio Pavón. Polymath Virtual Library, Fundación Ignacio Larramendi]
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Category:19th-century Spanish botanists
Category:18th-century Spanish botanists
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