Camara Pestana (João da)
Biographical note on João da Camara Pestana, Funchal-born agronomist, Director-General of Agriculture, deputy for Madeira and later senator, who published on plant diseases and pests.
He is the brother of the late bacteriologist Dr Luís da Camara Pestana and was born in Funchal on 17 October 1871. An agronomist, he has held the post of Director-General of Agriculture. He was elected deputy for Madeira on 13 November 1913, but resigned his seat in May of the following year, having been elected senator for another constituency. He has contributed to various agricultural journals and is a member of the Portuguese Society of Natural Sciences (Sociedade Portuguesa de Sciencias Naturais), in whose bulletin he wrote the following articles: La Gangrène humide de la racine du Chataignier (vol. II, 1907) and Destruction du Lecanium hesperidum L. par le Sporotrichum globuliferum Spegazzini (vol. 2, 1908).
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João da Câmara Pestana was born in Funchal.
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João da Câmara Pestana published a paper on wet root rot of the chestnut tree.
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João da Câmara Pestana published a paper on destroying Lecanium hesperidum with a fungus.
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João da Câmara Pestana was elected deputy for Madeira.
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João da Câmara Pestana resigned his seat as deputy for Funchal, having been elected senator for another constituency.
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- Funchal
Birthplace of João da Camara Pestana.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
People
People mentioned · 02- João da Câmara Pestanab. 1871
Funchal-born agronomist and Director-General of Agriculture, elected deputy for Madeira in 1913 and later senator; subject of this entry.
- Luiz da Câmara Pestana1863–1899
Deceased bacteriologist and brother of the agronomist João da Camara Pestana.