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==Biography==

===Early life===
Picado was born in April 1887 in [[San Marcos, Carazo|San Marcos]], [[Nicaragua]] to Clodomiro Picado Lara and Carlota Twight Dengo,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> who both had Costa Rican citizenship. In 1890, when Picado was two years old, he and his parents moved to [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]], Costa Rica. He then attended San Luis Gonzaga high school, graduating in 1906. Due to his excellent grades, he was granted a [[scholarship]] to study in France, where he later studied at the University of the Sorbonne and received his diploma in [[Zoology]] in 1909. In 1910, he returned to Costa Rica, but left shortly after to continue his studies. He received his diploma with superior studies in [[Botany]]. Picado received the [[Academic rank in France|academic rank]] of [[Doctor (title)|Doctor]] in science in 1913, and that same year he was admitted to the [[Pasteur Institute]] and the Colonial Institute of Paris. In 1915, he published ''"Anales del Hospital de San José"'', a quarterly medical publication in Costa Rica.<ref name=":1">[http://www.icp.ucr.ac.cr/biografi.htm Dr. Clodomiro Picado Twight: Biografía] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302214502/http://www.icp.ucr.ac.cr/biografi.htm |date=2008-03-02 }}</ref>

===Death===
In 1944, after an [[ailment]] Picado died.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biografía del Dr. Clodomiro Picado Twigth |url=http://www.micit.go.cr/programas/premio_biografia.htm |work=Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología |accessdate=2008-03-02 |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214004559/http://www.micit.go.cr/programas/premio_biografia.htm |archivedate=2007-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dr. Picado was declared "Meritorious of the Motherland" ({{langx|es|Benemérito de la Patria}}) by the Costa Rican Congress, by means of decree no. 34 of 21 of December 1943.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clodomiro Picado Twight |url=http://196.40.23.180/galeria/beneme/picado_t.htm |work=Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica |accessdate=2008-02-27 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225131433/http://196.40.23.180/galeria/beneme/picado_t.htm |archivedate=February 25, 2009 }}</ref>