What is John Jacob Lavranos?
[[File:John Jacob Lavranos01.jpg|thumb|John Lavranos in his garden in Loulé]] '''John Jacob Lavranos''' (29 March 1926 &ndash; 1 February 2018) was a South African-Portuguese insurance broker and botanist. He had a special interest in succulents. He was born in [[Corfu]], [[Greek Island]]. He settled in [[Loulé]], [[Portugal]] a small town near [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]] in southern Portugal in 1995 and donated most of his plants to the [[Gibraltar Botanic Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cactuspro.com/encyclo/Lavranos--John-Jacob|title=Au Cactus Francophone : Fiche de : Lavranos, John Jacob|website=www.cactuspro.com}}</ref><ref>'Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa' Gunn & Codd - AA Balkema (Cape Town, 1981)</ref> Lavranos died in Loulé from a [[stroke]] on 1 February 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>pers. comm. from Angelo Lavranos</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavranos, John Jacob}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Corfu]] [[Category:South African scientists]] [[Category:Portuguese businesspeople]] [[Category:Botanists]] [[Category:Environmentalists]]