Aziz Nacib Ab'Sáber (Portuguese pronunciation: October 24, 1924 – March 16, 2012) was a geographer and one of Brazil's most respected scientists, honored with the highest awards of Brazilian science in geography, geology, ecology and archaeology. Graduated in geography, he was a president and honorary president of the Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science), Emeritus Professor of the University of São Paulo and member of the highest rank - Order Grão-Cruz in Earth Sciences - of the Academy of Science. Among the awards, he has received the UNESCO Prize on Science and the Environment in 2001 and the Prize to the Intellectual of Brazil in 2011.
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24 October 1924 São Luís do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil
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Died |
16 March 2012 (aged 87) Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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