Paulo Cavalcante
Paulo Bezerra Cavalcante, Brazilian botanist (Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte State 12 July 1922 – Belém 18 January 2006) DESCRIBED SPECIES Centrosema carajasensis 1970 Diospyros acreana 1966 Diospyros araripensis 1963 Diospyros cachimboensis 1960 with Pires Diospyros capimnensis 1960 with Pires Diospyros duartei 1963 Diospyros egleri 1960 with Pires Diospyros froesii 1977 Diospyros landii 1977 Diospyros manausensis 1966 Diospyros miltonii 1977 Diospyros piresii 1977 Diospyros uaupensis 1977 Simaba polyphylla 1983 HONORS Cavalcantia King & Robinson 1980 (Asteraceae)
Paulo Campos Porto
Paulo Campos Porto, Brazilian botanist (Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State 09 January 1889 – 06 November 1968) Grandson of naturalist João Barbosa Rodrigues DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Valid Orchidaceae Genera (with Brade) Duckeella 1940 Pseudolaelia 1935 Thysanoglossa 1940 Species Orchidaceae Capanema adelaidae 1937 with Brade Cattleya itatiayae 1918 with Brade Centrogenium janeirense 1940 with Brade Centrogenium schlechterianum 1940 with Brade Centroglossa nunes-limae 1940 with Brade Constantia cipoensis 1935 with Brade Duckeella adolphi 1940 with Brade Encyclia squamata 1935 with Brade Epidendrum duckei 1940 with Brade Epidendrum geraldoi 1935 with Brade Epidendrum janeirense 1940 with Brade Epidendrum magdalenense 1935 with Brade Epidendrum mantiqueranum 1940 with Brade Hapalorchis pauciflora 1937 with Brade Octomeria anceps 1937 with Brade Octomeria cucullata 1937 with Brade Octomeria fimbriata 1922 with Peixoto Octomeria itatiaiae with Brade Phymatidium limae 1937 with Brade Pleurothallis bocainensis 1940 with Brade Pleurothallis lichenophila 1935 with Brade Pleurothallis limae 1940 with Brade Pleurothallis radialis 1937 with Brade Pseudolaelia corcovadensis 1935 with Brade Thysanoglossa jordanensis 1940 with Brade Zygostates octavioreisii 1935 with Brade Others Rhipsalis epiphylloides 1935 with Werdermann (Cactaceae) Hariota herminiae 1940 with Castellanos (Cactaceae) Ormosia getuliana 1933 with Kuhlmann (Fabaceae) Prepusa alata 1935 with Brade (Gentianaceae) Anemone assisbrasiliana 1933 with Kuhlmann (Ranunculaceae)
Paulino Franco de Carvalho
Paulino Franco de Carvalho, Brazilian geologist (Minas Gerais State 11 July 1893 – Rio de Janeiro 06 November 1940) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J. Miranda & P.A. Alvim. Geologia de Mafra. Bol. Div. Geol. Miner. 105 (1942) O Devoniano do Paraná: geografia e suas relações com a geologia. Bol. Div. Geol. Miner. 109 (1941) Estrias glaciais em granodiorito sobposto ao Gondwana de Santa Catarina. Miner. Metal. 4(24):271-2, 1940 With E.A. Pinto. Reconhecimento geológico no Estado de Santa Catarina. Bol SGM/DNPM 92 (1938) With E.A. Pinto. Geologia da região de Perimbo, Estado de Santa Catarina. Geologia de Anitapólis (S. Catarina). Min. Met. 7 (1937) Recursos minerais do Rio Grande do Sul. Bol. Serv. Miner. Geol. Min. Br. 72 (1937) With E.A. Pinto. Reconhecimento geológico na série Assunguy. Bol. Serv. Geol. miner. 71 (1937) Traços de vermes nos varvitos do Rio Itajahy, Santa Catarina. Notas Prelim. Est. DNPM/Div. Geol. Mineral. 3:1-2, 1936 Geologia do município de Curitiba. Bol. Serv. Geol. Miner. DNPM 82 (1934) Reconhecimento geológico no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Bol. Inst. Geol. Miner. Brasil 66:1-72, 1932 Reconhecimento geológico efetuado no município de Caçapava do Sul, Brasil (1929) Reconhecimentos geológicos nos rios Abacaxis e Tapajós. Bol SGMB 15 (1926) Reconhecimentos geológicos entre a Costa Atlântica e Pirabas e a Estação Experimental na Estrada de Ferro de Bragança. Bol. Serv. Geol. Mineral. 15;115-24, 1926 Estudos geológicos nos arredores de Belém do Pará (1926) With A.I. Oliveira. Estudos geológicos na fronteira com o Peru. Bol. Serv. Geol. Mineral. 8:53-76, 1924 Reconhecimento geológico ao norte de Alenquer. Rel. An. Div. Serv. Geol. miner. Brasil 21:73-4, 1923 HONORS Paulinites Lange 1947 (Fossil Annelida: Polychaeta)
Pan-Chieh Chen
Pan-Chieh Chen or Ban-jie Chen, Chinese bryologist (Zhejiang, Jiangsu Province 17 August 1907 – 28 February 1970) DESCRIBED VALID GENERA Bellibarbula 1941 (Musci) Bryoerythrophyllum 1941 (Musci) Reimersia 1941 (Musci) Pedinolejeunea 1964 with Wu (Hepaticae) HONORS (Musci) Chenia Zander 1989 Bryochenea Gao & Chang 1982
Oswaldo Cruz
Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Brazilian sanitarist and microbiologist (São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo State 05 August 1872 – Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 11 February 1917) His works on toxicology in Pasteur Institute were praised by famous scientists like Metchnikov, Roux and Nebert Received Gold Medal in International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, Berlin, 1907 ACHIEVEMENTS Developed techniques for combating Aedes aegypti Developed an efficient serum anti-plague Devised a water sampler for microbiological studies Proposed a type-mixed filter for microbes in water (Cruz filter) Un novel appareil pour la recolte des eaux, à diferente profondeurs pour l’analyse de microbes (1893) Invented a washing apparatus of fixed specimens for histological studies Ein einfacher Waschapparat fur mikroskopische zwecke. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Mikroskopie und fur Mikroskopische Technik, 15:29-30, 1898 Developed a method for extraction of toxic albumins from ricine seeds Etude toxicologique de la ricine. Ann. Hyg. Publ. Med. Legale 40(4):344-59, 1898 Described subgenus Chagasia 1906 (Diptera) O acido pícrico como reactivo da albumina. Braz. Med. 8(21):161-2, 1894 Delitti negli animali. Arch. Psich. Sci. Penal Antropol. Crim. 18(2-3):301-2, 1897 La recherche du sperme par la réaction de Florence. Ann. Hyg. Publ. Med. Legale p.158-64, 1898 Les alterations histologiques dans l’epoi sonnemente par la ricine. Arch. Med. Exper. Anat. Pathol. 11(2):238-53, 1899 Contribuição para o estudo da curva leucocytária nas infecções e intoxicações. Braz. Med. 14(10):81-3, 1900 HONORS (EPONYMY) Oswaldina Rangel 1921 (Fungi) Cruzella Cunha, Faria & Pinto 1923 (Marine Protozoa) Protocruzia Faria, Cunha & Pinto 1922 (Marine Protozoa) Oswaldocruzia Travassos 1917 (Nematoda) Oswaldostrongylus Lent & Freitas 1934 (Nematoda) Oswaldofilaria Travassos 1933 (Nematoda) Cruznema Artigas 1927 (Nematoda) Cruzia Travassos 1917 (Nematoda) Oswaldotrema Muniz-Pereira & Pinto 2000 (Trematoda) Subgenus Cruzmyia Lane & Cerqueira 1942 (Diptera)
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Gonçalves Costa, Brazilian dermatologist and soccer player (São João del Rei, Minas Gerais State 03 December 1905 – 1996) Described idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (1961) and polydysplastique oculo-cutané Described acrokeratoelastoidosis Acroceratoses (ceratodermias palmo-plantares). Thesis. Fac. Med. Univ. Federal Minas Gerais (1952) Acrokeratoelastoidosis: a hitherto undescribed skin disease. Dermatologica 170:164-8, 1953 Described the parotid impairment in acute lupus erythematosus Studied histochemically the juvenile hyaline fibromatosis classifying it as a subgroup of mucopolysaccharidosis With R.C. Guimarães, L. Bogliolo, W.L. Tafuri & P.U. Costa. Fibromatosis hialina juvenil. Med. Cut. Iber. Lat. Amer. 5:331-40, 1975 As soccer player was goalkeeper of Clube Atletico Mineiro