Lorenzo Campins y Ballester

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Campins and the second or maternal family name is Ballester.

Lorenzo Campins y Ballester (Palma de Mallorca, 1726 - Caracas, February 20, 1785). Campins y Ballester was a Spanish born physician considered to be the founder of the formal studies of modern medicine in Venezuela. He studied medicine at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Gandía (1755). He served as a physician until 1761 when he travelled to Caracas to serve as a faculty member in the Real y Pontificia Universidad de Caracas.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 34369234 BNF: cb11998124x (data)

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