Mariano de la Bárcena

Mariano de la Bárcena (26 July 1853 Guadalajara, Mexico – 10 April 1899) was a Mexican engineer and botanist.

Biography

From early youth he devoted himself to study and research in natural sciences. Many of his works were translated into German and French. Bárcena is a member of several European and American scientific associations, and was director of the meteorological observatory of Mexico. He discovered and classified many Mexican plants, and published a book on the natural products of the state of Jalisco, and a treatise on geology. Bárcena represented his nation at the New Orleans exhibition in 1885.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bárcena, Mariano de la". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. 

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Name	Barcena, Mariano De La
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Date of birth	26 July 1853
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Date of death	10 April 1899
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