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Miguel Osório de Almeida (September 1, 1890 – December 2, 1953)[1] was a notedBrazilianphysician andscientist, brother of another scientist,Álvaro Osório de Almeida, both considered thefathers of modernphysiology in Brazil.
Almeida was born and died inRio de Janeiro.[2] He studiedmedicine at theFaculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro which presently is part of theFederal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was the chairman of physiology of theSchool of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Rio de Janeiro and of theInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, the dean of theUniversidade do Rio de Janeiro and member of theBrazilian Academy of Letters.
He was author or co-author of several important studies onneurophysiology. He received the "Einstein Award" by theBrazilian Academy of Sciences and the "Sicard Prize" by theFrench Academy of Medicine inParis. He was also one of the inspirers of the foundation of theBrazilian Society of Physiology (1957) and a member of theBrazilian Academy of Sciences.
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