José Leandro Montalvo Guenard Explained

José Leandro Montalvo Guenard
Birth Date:1885
Birth Place:Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Death Date:1950
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Alma Mater:University of Maryland, Baltimore (MD)
Occupation:Physician, Inventor, Anthropologist, Historian
Spouse:Berta Krider de Montalvo

José Leandro Montalvo Guenard (1885–1950) was a Puerto Rican physician, inventor, anthropologist and historian.[1] He is known for his "Rectificaciones Históricas: El Descubrimiento de Boriquén",[2] published by Editorial del Llano, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1933.

Early years and schooling

Montalvo Guenard was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. After graduating from high school, he attended the Deichmann Institute where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1907, and then studied medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore graduating with a Medical Degree in 1911.[3] [4]

Professional life and inventor

From 1911 to 1914, he was the Public Health officer for the municipality of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. From 1922 to 1933, he was Public Health Officer for the Municipality of Ponce. During 1934–35, he was a tisiologist at the now-defunct Ponce Hospital for Tuberculosis, and starting in 1935 he was Director of the Ponce Asylum for the Blind (Hospital de Ciegos).[5] In 1939, Dr. Montalvo Guenard invented an instrument that allowed eye surgeons to securely hold and readily manipulate the eye lens in operations of cataracts. He was issued US Patent 2,224,575.[6] [7]

Archeologist, memberships and interests

From 1925 to 1935, Montalvo Guenard also acted as the municipal archeologist for the city of Ponce.[8] Due to the diversified nature of his interests, Montalvo held memberships in the Archaeological Institute of America, the Puerto Rican Academy of History, and the Puerto Rico Medical Association.[9] Montalvo Guenard's interest laid in anthropology, especially archeology and ethnology, in Puerto Rican prehistory and protohistory and in internal medicine.[10]

Death and legacy

He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA.[11] He is recognized at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.[12]

Notes

  1. http://www.santaisabelpr.com/descubren-uno-de-los-mas-grandes-lugares-arqueologicos-1904 Descubren uno de los mas grandes lugares arqueológicos.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=LHVbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1251 Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 International Directory of Anthropologists.
  4. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Montalvo+Guenard%2C+J.+L.+(Jos%C3%A9+Leandro)%2C+1885-1950.%22 José Leandro Montalvo Guenard.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 International Directory of Anthropologists.
  6. http://www.google.com.br/patents/download/2224575_SURGICAL_INSTRUMENT.pdf Surgical Instrument.
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=LHVbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1251 Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. Group 1. Books. New Series.
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 International Directory of Anthropologists.
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296 International Directory of Anthropologists.
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296 International Directory of Anthropologists.
  11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137999661/jose-leandro-montalvo_guenard Jose Leandro Montalco Guenard.
  12. http://www.travelponce.com/History.html Tricentennial Park: History.

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