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Carlos Chagas Filho

Brazilian physician and biologist (1910-2000) · Brazil · Doctors · Died at 89

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Carlos Chagas Filho was a Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist active in the field of neuroscience. He was internationally renowned for his investigations on the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of electrogenesis by the electroplaques of electric fishes.

A life in dates

2000Died16 February 20001989Prix mondial Cino Del DucaAward1982Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the WiseAward1981Anísio Teixeira AwardAward1968Honorary Doctor of the University of BordeauxAward1954Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1948Guggenheim FellowshipAward1910Born12 September 1910

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Carlos Chagas Filho (at right) with his father, Carlos Chagas, and older brother, Evandro Chagas.Carlos Chagas Filho (at right) with his father, Carlos Chagas, and older brother, Evandro Chagas.

Awards

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca1989
Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise1982
Anísio Teixeira Award1981
Honorary Doctor of the University of Bordeaux1968
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1954
Guggenheim Fellowship1948
TWAS fellow
National Order of Scientific Merit

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Father: Carlos Chagas

About this person

Carlos Chagas Filho was a Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist active in the field of neuroscience. He was internationally renowned for his investigations on the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of electrogenesis by the electroplaques of electric fishes. He was also an important scientific leader, being one of the founders of the Biophysics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and was also a president for 16 years of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (1965-1967).

Country
Brazil
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2000 · aged 89

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