Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro
Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro, Brazilian geographer and climatologist (Teresina 23 March 1927 – Campinas, São Paulo State 13 July 2022) Gained international recognition on dynamic climatology Proposed the use of synoptic charts for geographical analysis of climate (1963) Sobre um índice de participação das massas de ar e suas possibilidades de aplicação à classificação climática. Rev. Geogr. 33(61):59-69, 1964 Proposed the vital cycle of cold spell A Frente Polar Atlântica e as Chuvas de Inverno na Vertente Sul Oriental do Brasil (1967) Introduced the concept of rhythm in geographical analysis of climate (rhythm analysis method) A Análise Rítmica em Climatologia: problemas da atualidade climática em São Paulo e achegas para um programa de trabalho (1971) Authored a work that deserved international attention Bahia – qualidade ambiental no Recôncavo e regiões limítrofes (1987) Member, Commission on Environmental Problems, International Congress of Geography, International Geographical Union (1976-88)
Carlos Arthur Moncorvo de Figueiredo
Carlos Arthur Moncorvo de Figueiredo, Brazilian pediatrician (Rio de Janeiro 31 August 1846 -25 July 1901) Authored over 80 works Discovered Wurtz papaine independently (1879) He would have reported the first case of nodose chronic rheumatism in children (1880) Developed whooping cough treatment by resorcin (1883) Developed a new diagnose technique employing the stomach dilatation of children (1885) First used analgesic exalgine in chorea treatment Sur un cas de chorée gueri par l’emploi de l’exalgin. Bull. Gener. Therap. (1890) Described blennorrhagic rheumatism in children Sur Le rhumatisme blenorrhagique. La Médecine Infantile (1894) HONORS Cited in Prix Montyon, Academie des Sciences de France (1884) Prix Desportes, Academie de Medecine de Paris (1886) World Columbian Comission Prize for his book Children’s diseases and their remedies (1893) His son, Carlos Arthur Moncorvo Filho, pediatrician (Rio de Janeiro 13 September 1871 – Rio de Janeiro 14 May 1944) Authored over 300 works CONTRIBUTIONS TO THERAPEUTICS First to use citric acid on whooping cough O acido cítrico na coqueluche (1893) Discovered the haemostatic properties of asaprol and first to use it in child therapeutics Da acção hemostática do asaprol (1894) Contribution á l’etude de l’asaprol dans la therapeutique infantile (1895) Proposed antiseptic iodine varnish and modified the basic formula of Steresol Novos tratamentos antisépticos (1895) First to use methylene blue and asaprol (1896) and ichthyol (1897) on filariasis Sur le traitement de la chylurie par l’ichthyol: les nouveau remedes (1897) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Invented puerimeter for assessing the children growth Puerimetro. Brazil Médico 18:123, 1904 Novo processo de preparação dos caldos de agar-agar sem auxílio do filtro a quente (1938) With L. Bulcão & L. Nascimento Gurgel. Da pretensa incompatibilidade dos calomelanos e do bicarbonato de sódio (1902) SOME PAPERS PUBLISHED IN OTHER LANGUAGES Das lymphagites dans l’enfance et de leurs conséquences. Rev. Med. Cir. (1897) Contributo allo studio del microbio di Schaudinn nella sifilide ereditaria. La Pediatria (1906) Note sur le traitement de la lymphagite dans l’enfance par l’ichthyol. La Med. Infant. (1898)
Carlos Alberto & Gabriela Menendez
Carlos Alberto Menendez, Argentine paleobotanist and palynologist (Calamuchita, Cordoba Province 17 August 1921 – 31 August 1976) Authored over 50 works DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Sporae Genera Ancistrospora 1972 with Azcuy Irmosporites 1969 with Azcuy Species 80 Plantae Genera Alsophicaulis 1961 Sueria 1965 Species Araliophyllum cachetamanense Asterotheca hilariensis 1957 Cycadolepis coriacea 1966 Cycadolepis oblonga 1966 Cycadolepis lanceolata 1966 Cycadolepis involuta 1966 Dicroidium crassum Dictyophyllum barrealensis with Stipanicic Dictyophyllum castellanosi with Stipanicic Dictyophyllum chihuihuensis Dictyophyllum tenuifollium 1949 with Stipanicic Dictyophyllum tenuiserratum Dictyozamites crassinervis Dictyozamites latifolius 1972 Dictiozamites minusculus Equisetites quindecimdenta 1958 Hausmannia feltisiana with Stipanicic Hymenophyllum priscum Laurophyllum hickenii Otozamites parviauriculata 1966 Paracacioxylon odonelli 1962 Protocircoporoxylon cortaderitaensis Ptilophyllum longipinnatum Ruprechtia castilloensis Taeniopteris densinervis Thyrsopteris antigua 1966 Williamsonia bulbiformis Williamsonia umbonata Zamites decurrens Zamites grandis 1972 Others (at least) 1 species in Acritarchs/Algae 4 species in Dinoflagellata HONORS Menendoxylon Lutz 1979 (Fossil Plantae) His wife, Gabriela Gustava Haessel de Menendez, bryologist (Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province 15 October 1927 – Buenos Aires 04 July 2009) Authored 91 works DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Hepaticae Genera Arctoscyphus 1992 Austrolembidium 1980 Crandaliella Greeneothallus 1980 Perdusenia 1989 Pisanoa 1989 Tegulifolium 1973 Subgenera Eurychiloscyphus 2001 Parachiloscyphus 2000 Section Oppositifolion Anthocerotophyta Orders Dendrocerotales 1988 Leiosporotales 1986 Family Leiosporocerotaceae 1986 Subfamily Phaeocerotoideae 1988 Genera Leiosporoceros 1986 Paraphymatoceros 2006 Sphaerosporoceros 1988 HONORS Haesselia Grolle & Gradstein 1988 (Hepaticae)
Carlos A. Marelli
Carlos Antonio Marelli Allevi, Argentine zoologist (18 October 1886 – La Plata 06 July 1967) Authored Normas para la obtención bioestadistica de las variaciones de los caracteres en diferentes especies vegetales. Rev. Soc. Argen. 29(318):201-338, 1926 Formulated relevant indices of variability for anthropological classifications and craneology DESCRIBED ARTHROPODA TAXA Genera Dacnirotatus 1926 (Coleoptera) Dipterolelaps 1926 (Acari) Pitrufquenia 1932 (Mallophaga) Species Coleoptera Dacnirotatus bruchi Gonipterus platensis 1926 Platypus navarrodeandradei 1931 Hymenoptera Encarsia gallardoi 1933 Telenomus albagniris 1952 Mallophaga Pitrufquenia coypus 1932 Pitrufquenia mollis 1933 HONORS Marellia Uvarov 1929 (Orthoptera)
Carl Wilhelm Moesta
Carl Wilhelm Moesta, German-born Chilean astronomer (Zierenberg, Hessen, Prussia 21 August 1825 – Dresden 02 April 1884) Discovered a comet independently from Ellery (Australia) and McLear (South Africa) comet C/1865B1 Honored in 9334 Moesta asteroid
Candido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Candido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, Brazilian zoologist (Campina Grande, Paraiba State 17 July 1886 – Rio de Janeiro 14 December 1948) Worldwide recognized as one of the greatest arachnologists of his day Authored 212 scientific papers, 117 popular papers, 15 medical papers and 18 popular books DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Arachnida Genera At least 416 Species Over 450 Orthoptera Genera Anchocoema 1939 Cephaloscopia 1939 Dasylistroscelis 1940 Epsigrypa 1939 Isocarliella 1940 Nemoricultrix 1940 Coelenterata Species Cerianthus brasiliensis 1919 Amphibia Genus Fritziana 1937 HONORS Melloleitanianus A. Mello Leitão 1955 (Pantopoda) Melloa Roewer 1930 (Arachnida) Melloina Brignoli 1985 (Arachnida) Melloleitaoina Pikelin & Schiapelli 1960 (Arachnida) Melloicosa Roewer 1954 (Arachnida) Subgenus Melloiella De Carlo 1935 (Hemiptera) Eponym of Mello Leitao cardiorenal type (visceral polysteathosis) described in Da polisteatose visceral (1908)