Abel Salazar (scientist)

Abel de Lima Salazar (July 19, 1889, Guimarães - December 29, 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, October 20, 1858 – Porto, January 1, 1941) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (– Porto, October 3, 1929).

For the Mexican actor and film director, see Abel Salazar (actor).
Not to be confused with António de Oliveira Salazar.
Abel Salazar
Monument to Abel Salazar
Born19 July 1889
Guimarães, Portugal
DiedDecember 29, 1946(1946-12-29) (aged 57)
Lisboa, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Alma materSurgical-Medical School of Porto
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsFaculty 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. He was not related to António de Oliveira Salazar, the Portuguese dictator.

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