Nationality Colombian Occupation Botanist, Geobotanist | Name Armando Dugand Died December 5, 1971 | |
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, Latin America & Caribbean | ||
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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. 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. He also founded two other scientific journals: Mutisia (Acta Botanica Colombiana) and Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana).
He was director of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia from 1940 to 1953.
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