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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo, 9 December 1771 – Montevideo, 16 February 1848)[1][2] was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist.

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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

He was one of those principally responsible for the founding of the National Library of Uruguay and the National University of Uruguay.[3]

The private Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (founded 1985) is named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Larrañaga is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
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