José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
Portuguese Politician
José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museu Nacional de Lisboa in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of... Wikipedia
Born: May 2, 1823, Funchal, Portugal
Died: November 3, 1907 (age 84 years), Lisbon, Portugal
Grandparents: Ana Margarida Xavier Lestof du Bocage Castelo Branco and Francisco Soares Barbosa
Great-grandparents: Leonardo José Lestof Castelo Branco and Antónia Inácia Xavier Lestof du Bocage
Education: University of Coimbra
Parents: João José Barbosa du Bocage and Josefa Teresa Pestana
Author abbrev. (zoology): Bocage