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Miguel Colmeiro Penido

{{Short description|Spanish author and botanist (1816–1901)}}

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| name = Miguel Colmeiro

| image = Miguel Colmeiro y Penido (cropped).jpg

| boards = 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

| birth_name = Miguel Colmeiro y Penido

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1816|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago de Compostela, Spain

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1901|6|21|1816|10|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Madrid, Spain

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| office = Seat C of the Real Academia Española

| term_start = 11 May 1893

| term_end = 21 June 1901

| predecessor = {{ill|Cristino Martos y Balbí|es}}{{efn|Martos was elected for the position in 1884 but never took the seat}}

| successor = José María Asensio

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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).{{Cite book|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/13398.1579-1505|title=Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Serie A. Matematicas|year=2013|publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC

|doi=10.1007/13398.1579-1505}}{{Cite web|title=Miguel Colmeiro|url=http://www.rae.es/academico/miguel-colmeiro|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Real Academia Española|language=es}}

Biography

Colmeiro was born on 22 October 1816 in Santiago de Compostela.{{Cite journal|last1=Just|first1=Th.|last2=Verdoorn|first2=Fr.|title=Chronica Botanica|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2420238|journal=American Midland Naturalist|year=1935|volume=16|issue=6|pages=968|doi=10.2307/2420238|jstor=2420238|issn=0003-0031|url-access=subscription}} 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.{{Cite web|title=1872 - Colmeiro y Penido, Miguel - Real Academia Nacional de Medicina|url=https://www.ranm.es/academicos/academicos-de-numero-anteriore/896-1872-colmeiro-y-penido-miguel.html|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.ranm.es}}{{Cite web|title=Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural|url=http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.ranm.es|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160603181149/http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23|archive-date = 2016-06-03}}{{Cite web|title=Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural|url=http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23|access-date=2021-08-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160603181149/http://historia.bio.ucm.es/rsehn/index.php?d=23|archive-date = 2016-06-03|language=es}} He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of María Victoria. He died in Madrid on 21 June 1901.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSoPAQAAMAAJ&q=Miguel+Colmeiro+y+Penido|title=The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints|year=1970|publisher=Mansell|isbn=9780720100037}}{{Cite book|last=Library (U.S.)|first=National Agricultural|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iJrlAAAAMAAJ&q=Miguel+Colmeiro+y+Penido&pg=PA551|title=Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library|date=1967|publisher=Rowman and Littlefield|language=en}}

Honors

Eponymous{{Cite web|title=Miguel Colmeiro y Penido {{!}} Real Academia de la Historia|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/4372/miguel-colmeiro-y-penido|access-date=2021-08-26|website=dbe.rah.es}}{{Cite web|title=International Plant Names Index|url=https://www.ipni.org/?q=author%20std:Colmeiro|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.ipni.org}}{{Cite journal|last=Coppins|first=B. J.|title=Authors of Fungal Names: A list of authors of scientific names of fungi, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations. Compiled by P. M. Kirk & A. E. Ansell. [Index of Fungi, Supplement]. Wallingford: C.A.B. International. 1992. pp.95. ISBN 0 85198 833 4. Price £26.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/lichenologist/article/abs/authors-of-fungal-names-a-list-of-authors-of-scientific-names-of-fungi-with-recommended-standard-forms-of-their-names-including-abbreviations-compiled-by-p-m-kirk-a-e-ansell-index-of-fungi-supplement-wallingford-cab-international-1992-pp95-isbn-0-85198-833-4-price-26/325D1D1EE0B10390F1BFED5DA6C86E7A|journal=The Lichenologist|year=1994|language=en|volume=26|issue=1|pages=102|doi=10.1017/S0024282994000162|issn=1096-1135|url-access=subscription}}

Works

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Category:19th-century Spanish botanists

Category:1816 births

Category:1901 deaths

Category:People from Santiago de Compostela

Category:Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid