José de Viera y Clavijo (December 28, 1731-1813), Spanish was an ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor, best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands (Historia de Canarias). Born in Realejo de Arriba, on the island of Tenerife, he was the son of the town's mayor, Gabriel Viera del Álama. His mother was Antonia María Clavijo.
In his Noticias, he examined the question of St. Brendan's Island.
He died in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria.