Article Nº 2531 Scientist or naturalist Vol. II · p. 836
Nobre (Dr Augusto)
Original title: Nobre (Dr. Augusto)
Augusto Nobre, a Porto-born zoologist and university professor, brother of the poet António Nobre, who published studies on the marine and land molluscs and the pilot whales of Madeira.
This distinguished man of science is the brother of the poet António Nobre. He was born in Porto in 1865 and taught there as a university professor for many years. He has a large and valuable body of scientific work and has enriched the Madeiran bibliography with several notable studies, of which we shall mention ‘Moluscos Testaceos marinhos do Arquipélago da Madeira’, ‘Moluscos Terrestres Fluviais e das Águas Salobras do Arquipélago da Madeira’ and ‘O Globicephalus nos Mares da Madeira’.
People mentioned
- Augusto Nobre b. 1865
- António Nobre 1867–1900
Places mentioned