Margarita Costa Tenorio | |
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| Born | 1951-02-16 |
| Died | 2012-12-21 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Margarita Costa Tenorio (Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain 16 February 1951 - Madrid, Spain 21 December 2012) was a Spanish biologist specialised in botany. She was a professor of the Complutense University of Madrid. [1]
Margarita Costa Tenorio grew up in Vigo, moved with her family to Madrid and studied biology in the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1974 she joined the Plant Biology Department at the Faculty of Biology, in 1978 completed her PhD [2] and continued working as a professor until her retirement in 2011.
During the early years of her professional career she created a group of young botanists, with professors and alumni, whose studies on a geobotanic interpretation of the forests of the Iberian Peninsula led to the publication of the book "Los bosques ibéricos" (literally, the forests from Iberia) in 1997. This creation, the result of two decades of work, would become a reference for the study of the local vegetation. [1] She also co-authored other books as "Evolución y filogenia". [3]
From 1985 she collaborated in the Royal Society for Spanish Natural History, first as a librarian and later as organizer and speaker in conferences. [1] [4] [5]
She combined her work as a professor with management positions, while engaging in the defence of a high quality public education and being a strong advocate for equal opportunities in education. [1]
In 1998 she started to participate as well in "Natura 2000", a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. [1]
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
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