Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Río

Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Claudio del Rio ( born June 4, 1742 in Zaragoza, † May 21, 1814 ) was a Spanish jurist, diplomat and an amateur naturalist.

Life

He studied law and ancient languages ​​and Arabic in Cervera, Barcelona and his hometown. He was professor and served the crown in Madrid especially as a diplomat in the Netherlands and in Bordeaux. In addition to legal-historical works, such as 1771 the Castilian civil law, and an economy of Aragon ( 1794-98 ), he brought in Amsterdam but also books about the Aragonese flora and fauna out - the result of its own investigations further example 1801 over the fish of the Spanish Mediterranean coast. He also translated important ancient works of Galen and Euclid from the Arabic and modern authors such as Newton, Descartes, and Lamarck into Spanish. In his old age he had before Napoleon's troops from Zaragoza to flee, but returned after the end of occupation as a highly respected patriot and scholar ( he read chemistry and geology! ) Back. Three months before his death, he was still appointed Regidor his native town.

Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Asso ".

Honors

The plant genus Assonia is named after him.