Proenca, Raul

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Proenca, Raul
Date of birth
1884-05-10
Date of death
1941-05-20
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 7425759
Wikidata: Q530097
Library of congress: n 86829123
OCoLC: oca01592808
Sources of Information
  • Pedroso, A. Raul Proenca--panfletario e jornalista de folhas clandestinas, 1984:t.p. (Raul Proenca)
  • LC data base, 4-18-86(hdg.: Proenca, Raul)
  • Raul Proenca, 2003- :v. 1, p. 29, etc. (b. May 10, 1884 in Caldas da Rainha; d. May 20, 1941)
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Wikipedia description:

Raul Proença (May 10, 1884 – May 20, 1941) was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha, Proença obtained a degree in economic and financial sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa. He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova. In 1927, Proença was exiled in Paris. Proença returned to Portugal in 1932. He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of typhoid fever in Porto. Proença was a supporter of Lamarckian evolution. He argued that Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was the true founder of evolution.

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