Henrique da Rocha Lima
Brazilian physician and pathologist
Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus. Wikipedia
Born: November 24, 1879, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: April 26, 1956 (age 76 years), São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil