Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão

Brazilian zoologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1886

Place of Birth: Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1948

Profession: zoologist, biologist, entomologist, arachnologist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida.
He was also involved with education, writing high-school textbooks, and contributed to biogeography, with essays on the distribution of Arachnida in the South American continent.