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Miguel Osório de Almeida

Brazilian physician (1890–1952)

Miguel Osório de Almeida (September 1, 1890 – December 2, 1953) was a noted Brazilian physician and scientist, brother of another scientist, Álvaro Osório de Almeida, both considered the fathers of modern physiology in Brazil.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Miguel Osório de Almeida (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1890, died 1952.1

About

Almeida was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. He studied medicine at the Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro which presently is part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was the chairman of physiology of the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Rio de Janeiro and of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, the dean of the Universidade do Rio de Janeiro and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

He was author or co-author of several important studies on neurophysiology. He received the "Einstein Award" by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the "Sicard Prize" by the French Academy of Medicine in Paris. He was also one of the inspirers of the foundation of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (1957) and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

From Wikipedia’s article on Miguel Osório de Almeida, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedFederal University of Rio de Janeiro3

Career

Occupation: physician, physiologist.5

Personal life

  • Born1890, Rio de Janeiro6
  • Died1952, Rio de Janeiro7
  • CitizenshipBrazil8

Awards

  • 1946doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon9 11
  • 1945doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris9
  • 1944doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger9 10

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