The Jesuit Father, Baltasar Merino, is the figure chosen this year by the Royal Academy of Galician Sciences to celebrate the Day of Science. Father Merino was a key figure for his role as a pioneer in the fields of botany and meteorology. Merino arrived in Galicia in 1880 and until his death in Vigo in 1917, he was deeply involved with science on a daily basis.
Baltasar Merino, a pioneer in meteorology and botanics
