Buen Lozano, Sadí de
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| born on | 18 July 1893 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Barcelona, Spain, 41n23, 2e11 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m2e11 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   25°51'   28°21 Asc. 03°34'
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Biography
Spanish physician and scientist, a parasitologist notable for his efforts in the study and eradication of malaria in Spain, as well as having discovered the agent and vector of Spanish relapsing fever, a form of borreliosis.
Sadí de Buen Lozano was executed by military rebels at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was in Córdoba in July 1936, carrying out his research tasks in the fight against malaria and as head of the Services of the General Directorate of Health, when he was arrested on 23 July and shot on the night of 2-3 September against the walls of the cemetery of San Rafael by insurgents. He was 43.
Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from Ciencia y política entre las dos repúblicas:: Odón de Buen by Antonio Calvo Roy (El Colegio de Mexico AC, 2015):
"Sadí nació el 18 de julio de 1893, en Barcelona, a las ocho de la mañana."
(Translation: Sadí was born on 18 July 1893 in Barcelona at eight in the morning.)
Categories
- Passions : Criminal Victim : Homicide victim
- Vocation : Education : Researcher
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Science : Biology
