Biography

Manuel O. Tamayo Moeller, Peruvian microbiologist and parasitologist (Arequipa 27 January 1878 – Lima 20 June 1909)

From German descent

First described Anopheles peruvianus

First to use laboratory animals to study Peruvian warts

Described a non-ulcerated infiltrant  form of leishmaniasis

Eponym of Tamayo yellow (dye)