title: Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão
text: # 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.
  
  