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Casimiro Gómez Ortega

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Spanish botanist (1741-1818)

SpainScientistsLived 1741 to 1818 · aged 77
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Casimiro Gómez de Ortega was a Spanish physician, and botanist who was the First Professor of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.

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Casimiro Gómez de Ortega was a Spanish physician, and botanist who was the First Professor of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Under Charles III of Spain Gómez de Ortega directed the formation of the Royal Botanical Garden as a place, in particular, to collect and study the new species of plants being identified by European explorers. Gómez de Ortega published extensively on plant species, and on the economic botany of plants collected during Spanish sponsored explorations of South America.

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Spain
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1741 to 1818 · aged 77
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