Fernando Magalhães (gynecologist)

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Fernando Augusto Ribeiro Magalhães (born February 18, 1878 in Rio de Janeiro ; † January 10, 1944 ibid) was a Brazilian gynecologist and obstetrician , university professor and president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras .

biography

Fernando Magalhães was born in 1878 to Antônio Joaquim Ribeiro de Magalhães and Deolinda Magalhães. He graduated from Colégio Pedro II and then studied at the Medical Faculty of the University of Rio de Janeiro . There he received his doctorate in 1899 . Immediately afterwards, he began teaching as a lecturer at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics . From 1915 to 1918 Magalhães headed the women's clinic of Rio de Janeiro ( Hospital da Maternidade ), before he became professor of obstetrics at the University of Rio de Janeiro from 1922 .

In the following years Magalhães became more involved in various areas of education, research and politics. In 1926 he founded the “Pró-Matre” charity , which for years stood up for mothers and their children. Both in 1929 and from 1931 to 1932 he held two terms of office in the presidency of the Academia Brasileira de Letras , a Brazilian literary society to which he had belonged since 1926 (cadeira 33). After he was appointed director of the entire medical faculty in 1930, he headed the university as dean from 1933 . In the wake of the rebellion of the "grand coalition of the discontented", in which Getúlio Vargas was installed as the new president of Brazil, Magalhães was elected to the constituent assembly that drafted the new Brazilian constitution , which came into force in July 1934.

His scientific achievement amounts to over 200 specialist articles as well as a compendium of six volumes on clinical obstetrics. Magalhães was also in various scientific academies and associations in his field ( Academia Nacional de Medicina : national medical academy, Sociedade de Medicina e Cirurgia : medical-surgical society, Société Obstétrique de Paris : obstetric society of Paris) and outside his field ( Conselho Nacional de Ensino : national education council, Instituto Histórico Geográfico Brasileiro : historical-geographical institute of Brazil, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa: Academy of Sciences of Lisbon ). He also received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Lisbon and Coimbra .

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SURNAME Magalhães, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Magalhães, Fernando Augusto Ribeiro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian gynecologist, obstetrician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1944
Place of death Rio de Janeiro , Brazil