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Juan Ignacio Molina
Juan Ignacio Molina was a Chilean priest and naturalist.
Molina was born at Guaraculen a big farm located near Villa Alegre, in the current province of Linares, in the Maule Region of Chile. His parents were Agustin Molina and Francisca Gonzalez Bruna.
He was educated at Talca and the Jesuit College at Concepcion. He was forced to leave Chile in 1768 when the Jesuits were expelled. He settled in Bologna and became professor of natural sciences there. He wrote ''Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili' (1782), which was the first account of the natural history of that country, and described ...
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