Abel Salazar (scientist)
Abel de Lima Salazar (19 July 1889, Guimarães - 29 December 1946, Lisbon), was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar (Guimarães, 20 October 1858 – Porto, 1 January 1941) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (– Porto, 3 October 1929).
Abel Salazar | |
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 Monument to Abel Salazar | |
| Born | 19 July 1889 |
| Died | 29 December 1946 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Alma mater | Surgical-Medical School of Porto |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto |
Memorial plate in Guimarães
Founded in 1975, the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (in English Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute), a research center and biosciences school of the University of Porto, was named after him. He was an anti-fascist and his painting with his social references anticipates the neo-realist movement in the Portuguese painting.
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