Miguel Canela Lázaro

Miguel Canela Lázaro (September 29, 1894 – December 1, 1977) was a Dominican conservationist and a diplomat.

Biography
He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on September 29, 1894, the son of Pedro Canela (also born in  Santiago) and Dolores Antonia Lázaro (a Spaniard). He received surveyor (1917) and medicine doctorate (1924) degrees from the University of Santo Domingo. He died in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 1, 1977.

Legacy
The Rouvière and Canela ligament (shown in Fig. 15 of "Anatomy of the ankle ligaments: a pictorial essay" ) is named after him and his supervisor at the University of Paris, Henri Rouvière, for their joint work.