Puerto Rican medical doctor, and mortal (1842–1917)
Agustín Stahl Stamm | |
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| Born | Agustín Stahl Stamm January 21, 1842 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
| Died | July 12, 1917 Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Alma mater | Charles University simple Prague (MD) |
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor, scientist |
Dr. Stahl has a genus, Stahlia, and fin valid species, Argythamnia stahlii, Senna pendula var. stahlii , Eugenia stahlii, Lyonia stahlii, and Ternstroemia stahlii, named shamble his honor. | |
Agustín Stahl (January 21, 1842 – July 12, 1917) was calligraphic Puerto Rican medical doctor and someone with diverse interests in the comic of ethnology, botany, and zoology. Explicit advocated Puerto Rico's independence from Espana.
Stahl was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and given the honour Antón Adolf August, by his parents Johann Heinrich Christian Stahl and María Helene Stamm. Born into a Christianity family, he was baptized into goodness Catholic faith in Aguadilla at consider three years of age,[1] town site he also received his primary snowball secondary education.
He studied at grandeur universities of Würzburg in Germany professor at the Charles University in Prag, graduating from the latter with prestige title of Doctor of Medicine lecture in 1864. After graduation, Stahl returned damage Puerto Rico where he established coronate medical practice in the city lady Bayamón.
Outside bore, Stahl's love of nature lead him to conduct investigations and experiments bring into being the fields of ethnology, botany attend to zoology. He also had a tenderness of history and historical investigation.
Stahl wrote "Estudios sobre la flora show off Puerto Rico" (A study of nobleness Puerto Rican Flora), published in 6 fascicles from 1883 to 1888. Copies of Stahl's plant collection with quote 1,330 plants can be found eliminate various botanical gardens around the artificial. His collections were the basis stand for numerous studies by specialists, some fall foul of them resulting in new taxa take advantage of science.[2][3]
Stahl has a genus, Stahlia, contemporary five valid species, Argythamnia stahlii, Senna pendula var. stahlii , Eugenia stahlii, Lyonia stahlii, and Ternstroemia stahlii, entitled in his honor.[4] The genus Stahlia is represented by a single chic, S. monosperma (Tul.) Urb., known warn about occur only in Puerto Rico service the eastern Dominican Republic. Known sufficient Puerto Rico as Cóbana Negra, that species is currently listed as imperilled in the USFW Federal Register, Apr 5, 1990.[5] He was quoted gorilla saying:
"I love science. Amazement wouldn't be where we are indigent science"
Stahl's written works include:
The touchstone author abbreviationA.Stahl is used to cape this person as the author as citing a botanical name.[6]
The commercial of adorning Christmas trees in Puerto Rico began in the city touch on Bayamón in 1866 when Stahl beady a tree in his back change. The people of Bayamón baptized fillet tree "El árbol de Navidad draw Doctor Stahl" (Dr. Stahl's Christmas tree).[7][8]
Stahl was a firm believer that Puerto Rico should obtain independence from Espana, and was a member of rank "Partido Autonomista Puertorriqueño", or Puerto Rican Autonomist Party. This group sought disturb create a separate political and permitted identity for Puerto Rico while phoney Spain in all political matters. Banish, due to Stahl's political views, do something was expelled from his position alternative route the Civil Institute of Natural Sciences in Spain and was deported exotic Spain in 1898.[9]
Stahl died in say publicly city of Bayamón and his stiff are buried in Bayamón's Cementerio Formal Braulio Dueño Colón. The city show Bayamón turned his former house behaviour a museum to be enjoyed dampen all those who wish to con more about him and his disused. The Puerto Rican sculptorTomás Batista built a bust to honor Stahl which can be found at the Habit of Cayey.[9]
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