Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg

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Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (Buenos Aires, 1852-07-27 – 1937-11-04) was an Argentine natural historian and novelist, one of the leading figures in Argentine biology. Together with Florentino Ameghino he undertook the inventory of Argentine flora and fauna, and explored all the ecoregions in the country. As director of the Buenos Aires Zoological Garden he greatly developed its scientific aspect, publishing booklets and providing printed media for a learned appreciation of its contents. He also directed the Natural History Cabinet of the University of Buenos Aires and published the standard reference works on botany and zoology used in his country for most of the 20th century.

He is not to be confused with his grandfather, Eduard Ladislas Kaunitz, baron von Holmberg, a distinguished military man who assisted Manuel Belgrano in the Independency campaigns.