Cándido Bolívar Pieltain

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Cándido Bolívar Pieltain
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C. Bolívar Pieltain in Madrid, 1935
Born(1897-04-15)April 15, 1897
DiedNovember 22, 1976(1976-11-22) (aged 79)
Alma mater Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Father Ignacio Bolívar
Scientific career
Fields Entomology

Cándido Luis Bolívar Pieltain (15 April 1897 – 22 November 1976) was a Spanish naturalist and entomologist. [1]

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Biography

He studied in Ciudad Real. When he was 14, his article “Observaciones sobre algunas cuevas del Norte de España y descripción de una nueva especie de ‘Speocharis’” was published in the Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. When he was 17 years old, he went to the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, to study sciences. In 1924, he married Amelia Goyanes and they had six children. He travelled to Italy, Greece, Morocco and the United States.[ citation needed ].

After the Spanish Civil War, he moved to Mexico, where he died in 1976.

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References

  1. Gomis, Alberto. "Homenaje a Cándido Bolívar (1897-1976) con motivo del centenario de su nacimiento". Llull, Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas. 21: 549–552.