The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Francisco Inácio Bastos²  Magali Romero Sá¹ 

[1] ,Fiocruz Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde

关键词: history of biology;    colonial history;    zoology;    traveler naturalists;    Brazil;    história da biologia;    história colonial;    zoologia;    naturalistas viajantes;    Brasil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-59702011000400004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The Brazilian Paulo Vanzolini is one of the leading herpetologists worldwide. Besides his publications as a zoologist and his activities as a former museum curator and policymaker, Vanzolini pursued a long-life career as a musician and contributed to many different fields such as biostatistics, biogeography and the history of science. The paper analyzes his historical contributions to a key chapter of science in Southern America, the legacy of the so-called traveler naturalists. His analyses comprise major scientists such as Marcgrave, Spix, von Martius, Wied-Neuwied, Castelnau, and Agassiz, are informed by re-analyses of original sources and represent an invaluable repository of historical and scientific information.

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