Miguel Lillo
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| Native name | Miguel Ignacio Lillo |
| Born |
July 26, 1862 Tucumán |
| Died | May 4, 1931 (aged 68) Tucumán |
| Nationality | Argentinian |
| Fields | botany, zoology |
| Notable awards |
Francisco Moreno Prize, 1928 |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Lillo |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Lillo |
Francisco Moreno Prize, 1928
Miguel Ignacio Lillo (26 July 1862, in San Miguel de Tucumán – 4 May 1931, in San Miguel de Tucumán) was an Argentine naturalist and professor.
Born in the city of San Miguel de Tucuman in 1862, Lillo was related to Lastenia Blanco, and journalist, Emilio J. Schleh. Miguel Lillo studied at the National School of Tucumán, graduating in 1881, but could not afford to continue formal university studies.
Lillo was passionately devoted to various scientific studies, especially those pertaining to nature. After his formal education, he continued working as an assistant pharmacist in the Physics and Chemistry laboratories of the National College. By 1883 he had amassed a collection of plants from his local area comprising 700 specimens. He went to the National University of Córdoba for guidance from Federico Kurtz and the brothers, Oscar and Adolfo Döring and from whom he gained an appreciation of classification.
In 1888 he published an interesting essay on the plants of Tucumán. Shortly after he was appointed assistant and student of Friedrich Schickendantz, chemist and director of the Municipal Chemical office of Tucumán; a post to which Lillo succeeded in 1892. In 1905 he published Fauna Tucumana, Aves (Fauna of Tucumán, Birds) containing their discoveries of new species; at that time already he had the largest collection of birds of his province. In 1914 the National University of La Plata awarded Lillo the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. After teaching chemistry and physics in the National School and the Normal school, from 1914 he lectured at the National University of Tucumán.
He was appointed director of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Tucumán and member of the National Commission of Argentina flora.
In 1918 he retired from teaching, but maintained the honorary position of director of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Tucumán.
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