Luís Wittnich Carrisso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese botanist
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Place of Birth: Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District, Portugal
About Luís Wittnich Carrisso
- Luís Wittnich Carrisso (14 February 1886 – 14 June 1937) was a Portuguese botanist, professor at the University of Coimbra. Carrisso was born in Figueira da Foz.
- He attended the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Coimbra (1904-1910).
- After graduating he became a student of botanist Julio Augusto Henriques.
- Carrisso took interest in evolution and heredity and presented his PhD thesis Hereditariedade in 1911.
- He published scientific work on ecology and plant systematics.In 1918, he became Professor of Botany at University of Coimbra's Botanical Garden.
- He was a supporter of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution but was skeptical of the role of natural selection.
- He embraced mutationism.
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