Eduardo Quisumbing

Retrato de Eduardo Quisumbing, en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Manila) by Judgefloro. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Retrato_de_Eduardo_Quisumbing_%28cropped%29.jpg

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Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles Filipino: Eduardo Argüelles Quisumbíng
Birthdate:	November 24, 1895
Birthplace:	Santa Cruz, Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines
Death:	August 23, 1986 (90) Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Immediate Family:	Son of Honorato de los R. Quisumbing and Ciriaca F. Arguelles-Quisumbing Husband of Basilisa Lim-Quisumbing and Trinidad C. Tanchoco-Quisumbing Father of Honorato Lim Quisumbing; Private; Lourdes L. Quisumbing-Roxas and Eduardo L. Quisumbing, Jr. Brother of Emilio Quisumbing; Fernando A. Quisumbing; Francisco Quisumbing; Carlos A. Quisumbing; Manuel Arguelles Quisumbing and 1 other
Occupation:	biologist

Managed by:	Private User
Last Updated:	May 15, 2022

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Immediate Family

Basilisa Lim-Quisumbing

wife
Honorato Lim Quisumbing

son
Private

child
Lourdes L. Quisumbing-Roxas

daughter
Eduardo L. Quisumbing, Jr.

son
Trinidad C. Tanchoco-Quisumbing

wife
Honorato de los R. Quisumbing

father
Ciriaca F. Arguelles-Quisumbing

mother
Emilio Quisumbing

brother
Fernando A. Quisumbing

brother
Photo from his United States passport application: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1174/images/32294_649063_0008-00349 Original file: https://imgur.com/a/1YeVl5a or https://imgbox.com/oOt8Vkt6 or https://pixhost.to/show/372/453065045_32294_649063_0008-00349.jpg Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Arg%C3%BCelles_Quisumbing.jpg This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information.

Francisco Quisumbing

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Carlos A. Quisumbing

brother

About Eduardo Quisumbing

Eduardo Quisumbing was a noted expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines. He was author of more than 129 scientific articles. many on orchids. Eduardo Quisumbing served as the Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, where he rebuilt the Herbarium. The plant "saccolabium quisumbingii" is named in honor of Eduardo Quisumbing.

His degrees include: BSA at University of the Philippines Los Baños - 1918, MS at the University of the Philippines Los Baños - 1921, Ph. D. at University of Chicago (Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology) - 1923

His awards include: 1954 - Distinguished Service Star for outstanding contribution to the field of systematic botany, 1966 - Diploma of Merit on Orchidology, 1966 - Fellow Gold Medal from the Malaysian Orchid Society, 1975 - PhilAAS Most Outstanding Award

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Eduardo Quisumbing's Timeline

1895	November 24, 1895	Birth of Eduardo Quisumbing Santa Cruz, Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines
1920	December 2, 1920	Birth of Honorato Lim Quisumbing
1928	September 22, 1928	Birth of Eduardo L. Quisumbing, Jr. Philippine General Hospital, Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
1986	August 23, 1986 Age 90	Death of Eduardo Quisumbing Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
????		Birth of Lourdes L. Quisumbing-Roxas

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