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)