With the recent arrival in the Canary Islands of the remains of the Lanzarote scientist Blas Cabrera Felipe, the educational center that bears his name, together with the Mercedes Medina Díaz Association, have organized a floral tribute before his bust, which is located at the main door of the center. The students of the institute were present during the event.
Blas Cabrera Felipe is one of the most relevant Spanish scientists in history and one of the most symbolic faces of Magnetism, the vanguard of scientific research at the beginning of the 20th century, in which the Lanzarote physicist specialized. This fact led him to receive numerous recognitions from great personalities, such as John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, or the invitation from Albert Einstein and Marie Curie to the 1930 Solvay Conference, an event where the most illustrious researchers of the time met.
The event held recently is one of several tributes that the famous "conejero" (Lanzarote native) has received over time from the school. The IES Blas Cabrera Felipe, founded in 1928 and thus becoming the third institute in the Canary Islands after those of La Laguna and Las Palmas, received the name of the Lanzarote physicist at the beginning of 1970 after several failed attempts that had been made previously.
Some time later, in April 1974 specifically, the center itself held an event in which his brother Juan Cabrera Felipe unveiled the plaque of the bust that is located at the entrance of the center. In this event, in addition to his family, the Rector of the University of La Laguna, the President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, the Mayor of the Arrecife City Council and the Director of the Institute were present.
