Biography
Diocleciano Chaves López, Nicaraguan naturalist, taxidermist, folklorist and archeologist (Managua 07 April 1844 – Managua 28 October 1936)
Collected plants, animals, popular names, legends, old objects and medicinal uses along Nicaragua
Sent plant specimens to botanist William Maxon and Smithsonian Institute in United States
Invited by diplomat English Edward J. Thorson to work at British Museum (1904)
Obtained a silver medal in World Fair of Paris for high quality in dissected animals
Scientific collaborator, Kokaido Imperial Academy, Japan
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
Apuntes de Botanica desde el punto de vista medicinal
Lepidopteros del Museo Nacional de Nicaragua
Parrafitos de Geologia y Botanica Centroamericana
Apuntes de Historia Natural (1901)
Lista preliminar de las plantas de Nicaragua (1931)
Una piedra grabada en el Museo Nacional de Nicaragua. Proceed. London 266:67, 1934
His daughter, Crisanta Chaves Guerrero, museologist, naturalist and archeologist (1900-1981)
Authored Ligeros apuntes sobre la ceramica azteca y nicoyana: sarcófagos y urnas del Museo Nacional (1944)
HONORS
Crisantophis Villa 1971 (Reptilia)
