Armando Dugand

Armando Dugand
Born (1906-07-23)July 23, 1906
Barranquilla, Colombia
Died 1971
Nationality Colombian
Occupation Botanist, Geobotanist

Armando Dugand (July 23, 1906 – 1971) was a Colombian botanist, geobotanist, and ornithologist.

Dugand's father, François Victor (or Francisco Víctor) Dugand, was a successful French banker; his mother was Reyes Geneco (or Gnecco) Coronado.[1] Dugand was educated in France and in the United States (at Albany Business College). In 1927, he married Sara Roncallo.

In 1940 he co-founded the scientific journal Caldasia.[2] He also founded two other scientific journals: Mutisia (Acta Botanica Colombiana) and Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana).[1]

He was director of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia from 1940 to 1953.

References

  1. 1 2 Borrero, José Ignacio. 1975. "Obituaries: Armando Dugand". Auk 92: 210.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles". Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dugand", p. 76).
  3. ↑ IPNI.  Dugand.


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