Henri François Pittier (/m/02pr57g)

Henri François Pittier de Fabrega was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist. He graduated as an engineer from the University of Jena and moved to Costa Rica in 1887, where he founded the Physical Geographic Institute and an herbarium. Pittier arrived in Venezuela in 1917, where he classified more than 30,000 plants and devoted many years to studying the flora and fauna in the country. Henri Pittier National Park is the first national park established in Venezuela. The plant genera Pittiera, Pittierella and Pittierothamnus are named after him. His name is also associated with Pittier's crab-eating rat, Ichthyomys pittieri.