Manuel Pio Correia

Manuel Pio Correia (1874–1934) was a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. Correia's study into botany focused primarily on the scientific, economic, and industrial means of

crop production Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

. He had a wife, Mercedes Veloso, and a son, Manuel Pio Correia Jr. At the time of his death, Correia was a researcher at the

Museum of Natural History A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

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. 1874 births 1934 deaths 20th-century Portuguese botanists 19th-century Portuguese botanists People from Porto {{Portugal-botanist-stub