Fernando Magalhães (February 18, 1878 – January 10, 1944) was a Brazilian
obstetrician
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...
who was twice President of the
Academia Brasileira de Letras
The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL; English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literature, literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation ...
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1878 births
1944 deaths
Brazilian obstetricians
Brazilian academics
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