Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão
# Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão

Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão (31 December 1914 – 25 September 2007) was a climatologist, geneticist and psychologist. In 2003, she was awarded the Ordem do Mérito Cultural.

## Life

In 1940, she went into exile in Brazil, with her family. She was a professor at Federal University of Rio Grande.

## Family

She was the daughter of the historian Jaime Zuzarte Cortesão. She married Agostinho da Silva. They had eight children.

