Isabel Pérez Farfante
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Isabel Pérez Farfante (July 24, 1916 – August 20, 2009) was a Cuban-born carcinologist. She was the first Cuban woman to receive her Ph.D. from an Ivy League school. She returned to Cuba from the United States only to be blacklisted by Fidel Castro's government. She and her family escaped Cuba, and she became one of the world's foremost zoologists studying prawns. She discovered large populations of shrimp off the coast of Cuba and published one of the most noted books on shrimps: "Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World. Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera."
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Farfante.
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Isabel C. Pérez Farfante | |
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Born | (1916-07-24)July 24, 1916[1] |
Died | August 20, 2009(2009-08-20) (aged 93)[2] Florida |
Occupation | Carcinologist |
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