Ernesto Foldats

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Venezuelan botanist (1925-2003)

ScientistsLived 1925 to 2003 · aged 77

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Ernesto Foldats Andins was a Venezuelan botanist and orchidologist. He was born in Latvia as Ernests Foldāts. g. Director of the School of Biology, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1962-1968), and Scientific Advisor to the Commission on the Legislature and Environment.

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1958Guggenheim Fellowship

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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Ernesto Foldats Andins was a Venezuelan botanist and orchidologist. He was born in Latvia as Ernests Foldāts. He later moved to He has held numerous official positions, e.g. Director of the School of Biology, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1962-1968), and Scientific Advisor to the Commission on the Legislature and Environment. He was doctor honoris causa at the University of Riga, Latvia. Foldats was a member of the Latvian student fraternity Fraternitas Vanenica.