French Botanist, Educator. He is responsible for over 100 scientific journal articles and over 30 books devoted to the study of botany. He published the quintessential work on the flora of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and these works are the foundation of botanical science for the Caribbean. During his life's work, he discovered over 300 species of plants all of which can be found at the New York Botanical Garden where he also served as a research associate. He was a founding member of the Academy of Science and first scientific director of the National Botanical Garden in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Liogier was recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Studies in Plant Science. He was also the director of the Botanic Garden at the University of Puerto Rico. He was educated at Havana University in Cuba, completing his Bachelors degree in 1940 and his Doctoral degree in 1945. He became a Professor and taught Biology and Botany at various universities in the United States and the Caribbean. Liogier was associated with the New York Botanical Garden, Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.. In 1995 he retired from the faculty at the University of Puerto Rico. Liogier and his wife, Perpha, retired to Fort Worth, Texas where he became a research associate of the Botanic Research Institute of Texas and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
French Botanist, Educator. He is responsible for over 100 scientific journal articles and over 30 books devoted to the study of botany. He published the quintessential work on the flora of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and these works are the foundation of botanical science for the Caribbean. During his life's work, he discovered over 300 species of plants all of which can be found at the New York Botanical Garden where he also served as a research associate. He was a founding member of the Academy of Science and first scientific director of the National Botanical Garden in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Liogier was recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Studies in Plant Science. He was also the director of the Botanic Garden at the University of Puerto Rico. He was educated at Havana University in Cuba, completing his Bachelors degree in 1940 and his Doctoral degree in 1945. He became a Professor and taught Biology and Botany at various universities in the United States and the Caribbean. Liogier was associated with the New York Botanical Garden, Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.. In 1995 he retired from the faculty at the University of Puerto Rico. Liogier and his wife, Perpha, retired to Fort Worth, Texas where he became a research associate of the Botanic Research Institute of Texas and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
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