Which famous scientist was a professor at the University of Coimbra?
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Marie Curie
António Egas Moniz
Answer
António Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist, was a professor at the University of Coimbra. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for his discovery of Therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.
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