José de Viera y Clavijo
Botanist, Deceased Person
1731 – 1813
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Who was José de Viera y Clavijo?
José de Viera y Clavijo, Spanish was an ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor, best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands. Born in Realejo Alto, on the island of Tenerife, he was the son of the town's mayor, Gabriel Viera del Álama. His mother was Antonia María Clavijo.
In his Noticias, he examined the question of Saint Brendan's Island.
He died in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria.
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