Armando Dugand
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Armando Dugand was a Colombia
n botanist
, geobotanist and ornithologist.
Dugand's father, Francisco Víctor, was a successful French banker; his mother was named Gnecco Coronado. Dugand was educated in France and in the United States (at Albany Business College). In 1927, he married Sarita Roncallo.
He was director of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia
. in Colombia from 1940 to 1953.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n botanist
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
, geobotanist and ornithologist.
Dugand's father, Francisco Víctor, was a successful French banker; his mother was named Gnecco Coronado. Dugand was educated in France and in the United States (at Albany Business College). In 1927, he married Sarita Roncallo.
He was director of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia
National University of Colombia
The Universidad Nacional de Colombia , also called UNAL or just UN, is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, Colombia...
. in Colombia from 1940 to 1953.