Abel Salazar (scientist)

For the Mexican actor and film director, see Abel Salazar (actor).

Not to be confused with António de Oliveira Salazar.

Abel Salazar
Monument to Abel Salazar
Born	19 July 1889 Guimarães, Portugal
Died	December 29, 1946(1946-12-29) (aged 57) Lisboa, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	Surgical-Medical School of Porto
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

Abel de Lima Salazar (July 19, 1889, Guimarães - December 29, 1946, Lisbon), was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar (Guimarães, October 20, 1858 – Porto, January 1, 1941) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (– Porto, October 3, 1929).

Founded in 1975, the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (in English Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute), a research center and biosciences school of the University of Porto, was named after him. He was an anti-fascist and his painting with his social references anticipates the neo-realist movement in the Portuguese painting. He was not related to António de Oliveira Salazar, the Portuguese dictator.

External links

• Abel Salazar's Museum Virtual Tour
• Abel Salazar in Vidas Lusófonas
• Casa Museu Abel Salazar