João da Câmara Pestana
b. 1871
agronomist · Director-General of Agriculture · deputy · senator
Funchal-born agronomist and Director-General of Agriculture, elected deputy for Madeira in 1913 and later senator, who published on plant diseases and pests. He was the brother of the bacteriologist Luiz da Câmara Pestana.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — Agronomist elected deputy in 1913 to fill Arriaga's vacancy, who soon resigned.
- Pestana Júnior (João) — Father of the poet João Pestana Júnior.
- Carreira (street) — Name given to the former Rua das Pretas.
2Chronology
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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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Madeira elected its deputies to the Constituent Assembly of the Republic, among them Carlos Olavo Correia de Azevedo.
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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.
