The hall of events of The Canary Museum hosts during the week of October 8th to 11th a cycle of conferences in homage to Eric R. Sventenius who have organized the Fundación Canaria Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello and this institution.
Swedish botanist Eric Ragnor Sventenius (1910–1973) was a key figure in the knowledge of the flora of the Canary Islands. He resided on the islands for the first time during the Second Republic, and in 1952 returned to them to work in the Acclimatization Garden of La Orotava. In Gran Canaria he was the promoter of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo", which was inaugurated in 1959 and whose direction he took over until the moment of his death.
Program:
MONDAY, October 8
7:30 p.m. Eric R. Sventenius: Scraps of a Life. Juan M. López Ramírez (attached to the direction of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo" / UA CSIC)
TUESDAY, October 9
7:30 p.m. "Sventenius, 30 years of Macaronic botanical research." Arnoldo Santos Guerra (former head of the Botany Unit of the Botanical Garden of La Orotava)
WEDNESDAY, October 10
7:30 p.m. "Sventenius: experiences and memories in Las Cañadas and Wild Islands". Emilio González Reimers (Professor of Internal Medicine, ULL / Institute of Canary Studies)
THURSDAY, October 11
10:00 to 12:30 h. Guided tour of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo"
18:30 h. "Sventenius and the Bravo brothers". Jaime Coello Bravo (Director of the Canaria Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello Foundation
7:30 p.m. Roundtable: "Eric R. Sventenius: the person, the scientist and his legacy"
Participants:
– David Bramwell (former director of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo")
– Julia Pérez de Paz (former head of Research Section and head of the Department of Reproductive Biology and Micromorphology of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo")
– Bernardo Navarro Valdivielso. (ex attached to the management of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo")
– Juan M. López Ramírez (attached to the direction of the Canary Botanical Garden "Viera y Clavijo" / UA CSIC)
– Arnoldo Santos Guerra (former head of the Botany Unit of the Botanical Garden of La Orotava)
Moderator: Jaime Coello Bravo
Attendance at activities is free and free until capacity is completed. For the visit to the Canary Garden it is necessary to register in direccion@fundaciontelesforobravo.com.