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Ramon Margalef

Catalan ecologist (1919-2004) · Spain · On the map · Academics · Died at 85

Ramon Margalef López was a Spanish biologist and ecologist. He was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona.

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2004Died23 May 20042002Gold medal of the Spanish National Research CouncilAward2000A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1997Saint George's CrossAward1995ECI PrizeAward1990Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the WiseAwardHumboldt PrizeAwardNational Research Award- CataloniaAward1989Naumann-Thienemann MedalAward1982Narcís Monturiol MedalAwardNational Research Prize Santiago Ramon y CajalAward1980A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine SciencesAward1968Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-MarseilleAward1919Born16 May 1919

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Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council2002
A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award2000
Saint George's Cross1997
ECI Prize1995
Humboldt Prize1990
Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise1990
National Research Award- Catalonia1990
Naumann-Thienemann Medal1989
Narcís Monturiol Medal1982
National Research Prize Santiago Ramon y Cajal1982
A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences1980
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-Marseille1968
Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante

About this person

Margalef, one of the most prominent scientists that Spain has produced, worked at the Institute of Applied Biology (1946-1951), and at the Fisheries Research Institute, which he directed during 1966-1967. He created the Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona, from where he trained a huge number of ecologists, limnologists and oceanographers. In 1967 he became Spain's first professor of ecology.

Country
Spain
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2004 · aged 85

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