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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Spanish biochemists, Spanish botanists, Spanish ecologists, Spanish microbiologists, Spanish zoologists, Don Francisco de Paula Marin, Francisco J. Ayala, Severo Ochoa, Andres Laguna, Jose Celestino Mutis, Martin Sesse y Lacasta, Simon de Roxas Clemente y Rubio, Carlos Castrodeza, Hipolito Ruiz Lopez, Juan de Cuellar, Marcos Jimenez de la Espada, Ramon Margalef, Ruiz y Pavon, Ana Obregon, Eric Ragnor Sventenius, Francisco Hernandez de Toledo, Francisco Noronha, Mario Gosalvez, Antonio Jose Cavanilles, Nicolas Monardes, Joan Oro, Margarita Salas, Mariano Lagasca, Francisco Manuel Blanco, Juan Valverde de Amusco, Gonzalo Rodriguez Lafora, Pedro Cuatrecasas, Casimiro Gomez Ortega, Raul Rabadan, Ignacio Bolivar, Jose Quer y Martinez, Vicente Cervantes, Carlos Martinez Alonso, Diosdado Simon, Jose Cuatrecasas, Federico Uruburu, Gonzalo Trancho, Jose Antonio Pavon Jimenez, Jose de Viera y Clavijo, Jaume Ferran i Clua, Angel Cabrera, Orestes Cendrero, Juan Diego del Castillo, Mariano Barbacid, Jose Luis Fernandez Alonso, Luis Nee, Carlos Pau y Espanol. Excerpt: Don Francisco de Paula Marin (1774-1837) was a Spaniard who became influential in the early Kingdom of Hawaii. Often called Manini, Marini or other variations, he became a confidant of Hawaiian King Kamehameha I. Marin acted as a jack-of-all-trades, sometimes even acting as a physician, probably without any formal education, and is credited with introducing many agricultural products. Marin's early life is not generally known, but he probably was born November 28, 1774, in Jerez de la Frontera, an area of Spain near Cadiz. His father was Juan Marin and mother was Maria Grassi. It was likely he was an apprentice pilot on a ship associated with the Alessandro Malaspina expedition to Nootka Sound and Vancouver Island. At some point he deserted the Spanish and came aboa...
