
Personalities
This section is dedicated to the individuals who have helped shape the history of ESALQ/USP, from its creation to its consolidation as one of the world’s leading teaching and research institutions in the agricultural sciences.

Luiz de QueirozÂ
Luiz Vicente de Souza Queiroz was born in the city of São Paulo in 1849, into one of the most…

Ermelinda Ottoni de Souza Queiroz
Ermelinda Ottoni (Rio de Janeiro, March 1, 1856 – São Paulo, April 7, 1936) entered the history of Esalq when…

Eugene DavenportÂ
Eugene Davenport, who would later become president of the University of Illinois, was hired in 1891 by Luiz de Queiroz,…

Léon Morimont
The Belgian agronomic engineer Léon Alphonse Morimont arrived in Piracicaba in 1893, having been hired by the government of the…

Jorge Tibiriçá
Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga (1855–1928), was an agronomic engineer with doctorates from Hohenheim (Germany) and the University of Zurich (Switzerland) who played…

Carlos Botelho
The name Carlos Botelho holds an important place in the annals of ESALQ because it was during his term of…

Barão de Rezende
Estevão Ribeiro de Souza Rezende, Barão de Rezende, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1840, the son of Estevão…

Prudente de Morais
Born in Itu in 1841, Prudente José de Morais Barros graduated in Law from the Largo de São Francisco Law…

José de Mello Moraes
José de Mello Moraes graduated in Agronomy from the institution then known as the Luiz de Queiroz Technical School of…

Fernando Costa
Fernando de Sousa Costa (1886-1946) was an agronomic engineer and politician who played a leading role in the modernization of…