This name uses Hispanic American naming customs. The birth family name is Bonnelly and the married name is Calventi.
Idelisa Bonnelly
Born
Idelisa Bonnelly Peralta
(1931-09-10)10 September 1931
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Died
3 July 2022(2022-07-03) (aged 90)
Spouse
Vinicio Calventi Gaviño
Relatives
Rafael Calventi Gaviño (brother-in-law)
Arambilet (nephew-in-law)
Rafael F. Bonnelly (second-cousin once-removed)
Sully Bonnelly (third cousin-once removed)
Academic background
Alma mater
Columbia University New York University
Academic work
Institutions
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Research Center of Marine Biology Dominican Foundation for Marine Research
Main interests
Marine biologist
Notable works
Created the first sanctuary for humpback whales
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi (10 September 1931 – 3 July 2022)[1] was a Dominican marine biologist who is considered the "mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean".[2] She was the founder of the study of biology in the Dominican Republic, as well as the founder of the Institute of Marine Biology and the Dominican Foundation for Marine Research. She was instrumental in the creation of the first Humpback Whale Sanctuary of the North Atlantic and has won numerous awards, including induction into the UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour, UNESCO's Marie Curie Medal and the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella. The BBC has called her one of the most important women scientists in Latin America.
^"Muere Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, madre de la conservación marina". listindiario.com (in Spanish). 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^"Ecuatoriana entre las 10 científicas más destacadas de Latinoamérica" (in Spanish). Alban, Guayaquil, Ecuador: El Universo. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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