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Mário Guimarães Ferri

マリオ・ギマランエス・フェッリ

Mário Guimarães Ferri

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-01-01 (São José dos Campos, SP)
Died
1985-06-15 (São Paulo, SP) age 67
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese, English
Residence History
São José dos Campos, SP → São Paulo, SP

Career

Occupations
Botanist, Ecologist, Professor, Editor, Administrator, Artist
Active Years
1935-1985
Affiliations
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Memberships
Founder member of the Academia de Ciências do Estado de São Paulo, Member of the Instituto de Cultura Hispânica, Member of the Instituto de Geografia de Portugal
Influenced By
Felix Rawitscher

Education

Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLUSP)
Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras / Department of Botany
Degree: PhD
Period: 1930s-1944
Year of Graduation: 1944
Country: Brazil
First collaborator to Professor Felix Rawitscher

Awards

Professor Emeritus
1975
Organization: Universidade de São Paulo
Result: 受賞
Honorary Member
1975
Organization: Associação Brasileira de Arquitetos Paisagistas
Result: 受賞
Honors medals of the Inconfidência Mineira
1977
Organization: State of Minas Gerais Government
Result: 受賞
Santos Dumont Mérito Aeronáutico, Gold Grade
1981
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Transpiração de plantas permanentes do cerrado

1944 PhD Thesis

Transpiration of evergreen plants from the cerrado

Cerrado ecologyPlant physiology

Contribuição ao conhecimento da ecologia do cerrado e da caatinga. Estudo comparativo da economia d'água de sua vegetação

1955 Tese de Cátedra

Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology of cerrado and caatinga. Comparative study of water economy of their vegetation

Tropical ecologyXerophyte vegetation

Ecologia do cerrado

1978 Scientific book

Ecology of the cerrado

CerradoEcology

Bibliography

  • Botânica – Morfologia externa das plantas (Organografia)
  • Ecologia e Poluição
  • Ecologia Geral
  • Vegetação Brasileira

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Simple but precise scientific language
Recurring Motifs
Environmental protectionPollutionPlant ecology

Legacy

Pioneer ecologist in Brazil. Contributed to botany and ecology, and educated the public on environmental protection.

Trivia

  • Started producing drawings in 1961. Held a retrospective exhibition in 1983.