Raul Proença (May 10, 1884 – May 20, 1941) was a

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writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in

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, Proença earned a degree in

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and

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sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa. He was a founder of the magazine ''Seara Nova''. In 1927, Proença was exiled to

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. Proença returned to Portugal in 1932. He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of

typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella'' serotype Typhi bacteria. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several ...

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. Proença was a supporter of

Lamarckian Lamarckism, also known as Lamarckian inheritance or neo-Lamarckism, is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime. It is also calle ...

evolution. He argued that

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...

was the true founder of evolution.Pereira, Ana Leonor. (2010). ''The Reception of Darwin in Portugal (1865-1914)''. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. T. 66, Fasc. 3, Evolução, Ética e Cultura / Evolution, Ethics and Culture. pp. 643-660.

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Raul Proença
— profile from Centro Virtual Camões
Ecsola Secundária Raul Proença
— secondary school in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal * 1884 births 1941 deaths Deaths from typhoid fever Infectious disease deaths in Portugal Lamarckism Portuguese journalists Male journalists Portuguese male writers 20th-century journalists People from Caldas da Rainha {{Portugal-writer-stub