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María De Los Ángeles Alvariño González; A Great Biologist
From a small town on the coast of Galicia, María De Los Ángeles Alvariño González was in love with the ocean and dedicated her life to research and dissemination of its knowledge. Only Alvario appears in the “Encyclopedia of World Scientists”, a publication that includes the world’s thousand most important scientists. One of Galicia’s most eminent scientists, oceanographer María De Los Ángeles Alvariño González, passed away ten years ago. In 1993, she received the Silver Medal of the Xunta de Galicia, and in 2005, the University of La Corua dedicated its Week of Science to her. Despite spending most of her research career outside of her hometown, María De Los Ángeles…