Milton Santos
1926
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2001
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Brazil
languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese
educated at: Universidade Federal da Bahia
occupation: geographer, lawyer, university teacher
award received: Vautrin Lud Prize, Ordem do Mérito Cultural, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
official website: miltonsantos.com.br/site
Milton Almeida dos Santos (May 3, 1926 – June 24, 2001) was a Brazilian geographer and geography scholar who had a degree in law. He became known for his pioneering works in several branches of geography, notably urban development in developing countries. He is considered the father of critical geography in Brazil. Santos was a recipient of the Vautrin Lud Prize, often seen as geography's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, and a posthumous recipient of the Anísio Teixeira Award, given every five years by CAPES (the Brazilian agency for the improvement of higher education personnel) to distinguished contributors to research and development in the country. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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