Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão (31 December 1914 – 25 September 2007) was a climatologist, geneticist and psychologist. In 2003, she was awarded the Ordem do Mérito Cultural.
Life In 1940, she went into exile in Brazil, with her family. She was a professor at Federal University of Rio Grande.
Family She was the daughter of the historian Jaime Zuzarte Cortesão. She married Agostinho da Silva. They had eight children.
Further reading Vania da Costa Machado, "A trajetória de vida de Judith Cortesão através de seu arquivo pessoal", Conexões Culturais, v2 n1 (2016): 185-197
Works Mata atlântica, Editora Index : Fundação S.O.S. Mata Atlântica, 1991. Juréia : a luta pela vida [São Paulo] Ed. Index 1989. ISBN 9788570830241
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