Background
HERRERA, Fortunato was born on December 13, 1874 in Cuzco. Son of M. Francisco Herrera and Juliana Garmendia.
HERRERA, Fortunato was born on December 13, 1874 in Cuzco. Son of M. Francisco Herrera and Juliana Garmendia.
Professor; Secretary, Institute Científico del Cuzco, 1897—1911. Professor mathematics. Colegio Nacional de Ciencias, Cuzco, 1903-1929.
Professor, botany, University del Cuzco, 1910-1933, president, 1929-1933. President, botany section, 3d Pan American Scientific Congress, Lima, 1924. Established the herbarium in Cuzco.
Member (correspondent) Société Havraise d’F.tudes Diverses, Academy Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (Lima), Society Chilena de Historia Natural, Society Biológica (Concepción, Chile), Society Científica Argentina. Erf. Colegio Nacional de Ciencias, Cuzco, 188994. Doctor of Science, University del Cuzco, 1911.
Established the herbarium in Cuzco.
Société Havraise d’Etudes Diverses. Argentine Scientific Society. Society of Natural History of Santiago de Chile.
Biological Society of Concepción, Chile. Peruvian Association for the Advancement of Science of Lima. Author (all works published in Cuzco unless otherwise noted): Coordenadas geográficas de la ciudad del Cuzco (1911).
Botánica etnológica (1919). Contribución a la flora del Departamento del Cuzco (1921). Chloris cuzcoensis (1926).
Estudios sobre la flora del Departamento del Cuzco (Vol. I, Lima, 1930; Vol. II, Cuzco, 1933).
Married Raquel de la Barra. Children: Carmen, Mario Francisco, and Carlos. Educated (in Cuzco): Colegio de “La Unión,” 1884— 1888.
Colegio Nacional de Ciencias, 18891894. University of Cuzco, 1895-1898. Degree of doctor from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Cuzco, 1911.