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... "he managed to secure a place at the Faculty of Medicine in Niteroi in 1928." A faculty of medicine accepts 10-year-olds? Mini apolis 14:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply

My guess is that the year should be 1938. Mini apolis 14:27, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Miniapolis: Thank you for flagging this mistake. I have corrected the passage after re-reading the Royal Society biography. Also thank you for copy-editing this article so well. My original version was so awkward. GilbertoSilvaFan ( talk) 20:59, 2 November 2020 (UTC) reply

Glad to help, although it was a while ago and I had forgotten Stay well and all the best, Mini apolis 01:39, 3 November 2020 (UTC) reply