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- Odón de Buen y del Cos was a naturalist who taught natural history at the University of Barcelona for 22 years and at the University of Madrid for 23 years.
- He was a strong advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution and dedicated his work to both field and laboratory experiments.
- In this paper, he emphasizes the importance of educating the public about natural sciences to combat the ignorance and superstition that hindered Spain's moral and material progress.
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The aragonese naturalist Odón de Buen y del Cos for twenty-two annual academic courses professor of natural history at the University of Barcelona and for twenty-three of the University of Madrid. Strong supporter of Darwin's evolutionary theory, experimental work in the field and laboratory, in this paper puts the value of their efforts, as an educator, to popularize the natural sciences and thus separated from the concerns, superstition and fanaticism, which they were basic reasons of the moral and material backwardness in which Spain was found.
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