Name Jose Viera | Role Botanist | |
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Died February 21, 1813, Las Palmas, Spain | ||
Biografias de cientificos canarios jose de viera y clavijo
José de Viera y Clavijo (28 December 1731 – 1813), was a Spanish ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor, best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands (Historia de Canarias). Born in Realejo Alto, on the island of Tenerife, he was the son of the town's mayor, Gabriel Viera del Álama. His mother was Antonia María Clavijo.
In his Noticias, he examined the question of Saint Brendan's Island.
He died in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria.
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