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Milton Thiago de Mello
Milton Thiago de Mello
Birth: 5 February 1916
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Death: 1 October 2024
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Age: 108 years, 239 days
Country: BrazilBRA
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Milton Thiago de Mello (5 February 1916 – 1 October 2024) was a Brazilian centenarian, veterinarian, and the dean of Brazilian primatology. He had a strong voice for biological conservation of Brazil's megadiverse flora and fauna. His age is verified by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

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Milton Thiago de Mello was born in Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil on 5 February 1916.

As a professional veterinarian and zoological researcher, de Mello has received awards and distinctions from many governments and organizations, such as from the Comite Francais de l’Association Mondiale Veterinaire, the World Veterinary Epidemiology Society, the Sociedad Colombiana de Primatologia and the John Guggenhiem Memorial. He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of London, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the New York Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Medal of Merit in Veterinary Medicine, at the highest level (Gra-Cruz). He is a consultant with the Pan-American Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Agency of the United Nations. He belongs to more than 30 Brazilian and international scientific societies, of which he has helped found 14 and served as an official of at least 12. He is the author of numerous books and over 150 scientific papers on primates, brucellosis, bubonic plague, medical mycology, the teaching of veterinary medicine, and the environmental crisis in Brazil and other countries.

The Milton Thiago de Mello Environmental Institute, in Sobradinho, Distrito Federal, Brazil, is named after him.

Almost all Brazilian primatologists have, at one time or another, studied under de Mello.

He turned 100 in February 2016.

De Mello died in Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 1 October 2024 at the age of 108 years, 239 days.

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