Within the events of the International Day of Museums, The Canary Museum hosts a cycle of lectures on the figure of Dr. Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, organized jointly with the Fundación Canaria Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello. The cycle consists of four monographic conferences given in the hall of the cultural institution between May 13 and 16, at 19:00 h., by specialists Teresa Delgado Darias, Fernando Betancor Pérez, Matilde Arnay de la Rosa and Agustín Millares Cantero, who approach the figure of Chil from their respective professional fields.
Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, born in Telde in 1831, studied medicine in Paris and developed his profession as a doctor in the capital of his native island. He was a member of several international scientific societies and participated as a specialist in numerous professional congresses of history and anthropology in several European cities. He was the author of the monumental work Historical, climatic and pathological studies of the Canary Islands, censored by Bishop Urquinaona for his Darwinist approach but praised by the scientific community of his time. In 1879 he headed the group of founders of El Museo Canario, an institution of which he was a lifetime director and generous patron, to the point of appointing her as heir to all her possessions after her death, which took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on July 4, 1901.
With this cycle of conferences, The Canary Museum and the Bravo-Juan Coello Telesforo Foundation aim to contribute to the historical portrait of one of the most interesting and multifaceted intellectuals of the nineteenth century in the Canary Islands.
Program:
May 13
Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, an archaeological legacy for the future. Teresa Delgado Darias (curator of The Canary Museum)
May 14
Gregorio Chil y Naranjo: the archive of a 19th-century researcher. Fernando Betancor Pérez (archiver of El Museo Canario)
May 15
Gregorio Chil y Naranjo and physical anthropology in the Canary Islands. Matilde Arnay de la Rosa (University of La Laguna)
May 16
Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, historian of the 19th century Canary. Agustín Millares Cantero (historian)
Admission is free and free until capacity is completed.