Foldats, Ernest

Ernest Foldats ( Latvian: Ernests Foldāts , Spanish Ernesto Foldats Andins , March 15, 1925 , Liepaja - January 15, 2003 , Caracas ) - a botanist , a famous researcher of orchids . Teacher and public figure. Professor Emeritus of the Venezuelan Central University, Institute of the National Park of Venezuela and the University of Latvia. Foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences . Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of Venezuelan Central University and Director of the Department of Botany. Director of the Biological School in Venezuela. Honored Doctor of Science, University of Latvia.

Ernest Foldats
Latvian. Ernests Foldāts
Date of Birth	March 15, 1925 ( 1925-03-15 )
Place of Birth	Liepaja , Latvia
Date of death	January 15, 2003 ( 2003-01-15 ) (aged 77)
A place of death	Caracas , Venezuela
A country	Latvia, Germany, Venezuela
Scientific field	botany .
Place of work	Venezuelan Central University Botanical Institute University of Latvia
Alma mater	Venezuelan Central University Harvard University
Academic degree
Known as	orchid researcher
Awards and prizes	International Creole award, twice awarded the Order of Hose Maria Vargas 1 degree, Order of Henriy Pietier 1 degree, order Francisko De Venanci

Ernest Foldats was born in Liepaja, where he received his primary education. Then he entered the Latvian Legion . In 1948 he emigrated to America. From 1949 to 1954 he studied at the Venezuelan Central University. In 1964, Ernest Foldats conducted research on orchids in South America . During his stay and work in Venezuela, he collected and systematized a very large layer of information about orchids and described about 70 unknown species. In 1998, the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences Foldats was elected the country's leading biologist and received the International Creole award.