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Isabel Pérez Farfante

Carcinologist (1916-2009) · Cuba · On the map · Scientists · Died at 93

Isabel Pérez Farfante was a Cuban-born carcinologist. She was the first Cuban woman to receive her Ph.D. from an Ivy League school. She returned to Cuba from the United States only to be blacklisted by Fidel Castro's government.

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A life in dates

2009Died20 August 20091987Named Research associateOffice1 January 1987 to 1 January 19971986Named CarcinologistOffice1 January 1986 to 1 January 19871966Named ZoologistOffice1 January 1966 to 1 January 19861942Guggenheim FellowshipAward1916Born24 July 1916

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1942

About this person

She and her family escaped Cuba, and she became one of the world's foremost zoologists studying prawns. She discovered large populations of shrimp off the coast of Cuba and published one of the most noted books on shrimps: "Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World. Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera."

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Country
Cuba
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2009 · aged 93