Clotilde Catalán de Ocón

Clotilde Catalán de Ocón
Born
Clotilde Catalán de Ocón y Gayolá

1 March 1863
Calatayud, Spain
Died12 May 1946(1946-05-12) (aged 83)
Known forPoet; first Spanish woman entomologist

Clotilde Catalán de Ocón y Gayolá (1 March 1863 – 12 May 1946) was a Spanish entomologist and poet, noted for her study of lepidoptera in the Sierra de Albarracín. She was the first Spanish woman to actively practice entomology, and was the author of several poems under the pseudonym La Hija del Cabriel. Her older sister, Blanca Catalán de Ocón y Gayolá, became the first Spanish female botanist.