Raul Proença, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raul Proença

Portuguese writer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1884

Place of Birth: Caldas da Rainha, Leiria District, Portugal

Date of Death: 20-May-1941

Profession: writer, librarian, journalist, philosopher

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Raul Proença (May 10, 1884 – May 20, 1941) was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual.
Born in Caldas da Rainha, Proença earned a degree in economic and financial sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa.
He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova.
In 1927, Proença was exiled to Paris.
Proença returned to Portugal in 1932.
He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of typhoid fever in Porto. Proença was a supporter of Lamarckian evolution.
He argued that Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was the true founder of evolution.



Alternative names	Carlos Botelho
Description	Portuguese painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	1964	29 March 2014
Location of birth	Chaves, Portugal
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