Djalma Guimarães, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian geologist and mineralogist
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Place of Birth: Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Djalma Guimarães
- Djalma Guimarães (November 5, 1894 – October 10, 1973), was a pioneer Brazilian geochemist.
- He was Professor Emeritus at the Ouro Preto Mining School (now part of the Federal University of Ouro Preto) and at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte.
- At both institutions, he taught geological sciences for over 35 years. He was a grandson of Councillor Joaquim Caetano da Silva Guimarães and of the Senator Manoel Teixeira da Costa.
- Guimarães was brought up in a family which had produced such Brazilian writers as Bernardo Guimarães and Alphonsus de Guimaraens.
- He was also a nephew of scientists Pandiá Calógeras and Paul Ferrand.
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