Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba

Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba (31 July 1896 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial – 26 September 1967) was a Spanish forest engineer and botanist. He was member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Spanish Academy.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ceballos and the second or maternal family name is Fernández de Córdoba.
The Most Excellent

Luis Ceballos
Born
Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba

(1896-07-31)31 July 1896
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Died26 September 1967(1967-09-26) (aged 71)
Madrid, Spain
Seat J of the Real Academia Española
In office
12 December 1965 – 26 September 1967
Preceded byJulio Casares
Succeeded byAntonio Tovar

One of his major works was the General Plan of Reforestation of Spain, made in 1938, which is the foundation of a philosophy, ahead for the time, in which established the modern ecological basis for afforestation. But his great work, that had been long planned and organized, was the development of the first Forestal Map of Spain, which was introduced in June 1966.

His brother Gonzalo was an entomologist who specialised in Ichneumonidae.

  1. "Luis Ceballos - letra J". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. International Plant Names Index.  Ceballos.
  • Colegio Montes Biography, portrait, bibliography (partial) (in Spanish)


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