Artur Bofill i Poch
Artur Bofill i Poch

Bofill i Poch, Artur

Barcelona , 13/4/1844 - Barcelona , 16/6/1929
Field of activity: Paleontology | Malacology

Main function: Curator | Director | Donor

Historical/biographical notes

Naturalist and geologist, specialised in palaeontology and malachology. In some travels of studies in Europe and Africa he joint a wide collection of geological samples. Lately he give his collections to the Museo de Geología de Barcelona, of which he was director since 1887. He was also the director of the Junta de Ciencias Naturales and perpetual secretary of the Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona from 1896 to his dead.

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