Open AccessThe Brazilian entomologist Messias Carrera (1907-1994): Biobibliographical profile
Author(s) -
Luiz Gustavo Vargas Salgado,
Alcimar do Lago Carvalho,
Carlos José Einicker Lamas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arquivos de zoologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-7793
pISSN - 0066-7870
DOI - 10.11606/2176-7793/2021.52.01
Subject(s) - humanism , humanities , library science , sociology , art , political science , computer science , law
The present article focuses on the life trajectory and the bibliographic production of the entomologist and science communicator Messias Carrera (1907-1994), presenting aspects of his personal profile, academic training and professional development. His role as a researcher in the Zoology Department of Secretaria de Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio do Estado de São Paulo, currently Museu de Zoologia of the Universidade de São Paulo, is emphasized, having worked mainly in the taxonomy of insects of the order Diptera and in science communication between the 1930s and 1990s. Carrera was a science researcher and communicator ahead of his time. His intellectual production, limited to the scientific, technological and “humanistic” spheres, adds important advances to the relative areas of knowledge.