Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima
| Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima | |
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| 52nd Prime Minister of Portugal | |
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In office 14 May 1909 – 22 December 1909 |
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| Monarch | Manuel II |
| Preceded by | Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles |
| Succeeded by | Francisco da Veiga Beirão |
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15 November 1858 Porto, Portugal |
| Died | 24 December 1919 (aged 61) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Regenerator Party |
Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima, ComTe, GCTE, ComSE, GCSE, ComC, GCC, ComNSC, GCNSC (15 November 1858 in Porto – 24 December 1919 in Lisbon), also known as Venceslau de Lima and anglicized as Wenceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima or Wenceslau de Lima, was a Portuguese geologist, paleontologist, viticulturist, and politician who, among other functions, served as a member of Parliament, a minister, and as President of the Council of Ministers (now Prime Minister). He was a member of the Sciences Academy of Lisbon.
Born into a wealthy family from Porto, Venceslau Pereira de Lima was sent abroad very young, and there made his preparatory and secondary studies. After completing these studies he returned to Portugal with professional training focused on the natural sciences, quite distinct from the course of study then propitiated by Portuguese schools. He enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Coimbra, completing the course with high honors. This required a licensure examination in which he defended his thesis on coal plants. Soon afterwards, on 26 November 1882, he received his doctorate from the same university.
In 1883 he competed for a position on the faculty of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto, having publicly presented during the competition a dissertation on the function of chlorophyll as evidence of his ability. He was ultimately nominated for the position, initiating a career that would last for nearly thirty years. During that time he chaired the institution's geology department, with a few hiatuses due to his political activity. In parallel with his academic career, he carried out a set of pioneering experiments in the field of plant paleontology.
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