Samuel Mendes da Costa

Samuel Mendes da Costa studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he sat for his medical finals on 11 May 1889. He specialised in dermatology and venereology and settled in Amsterdam. In 1896 he was approved as unsalaried university lecturer in dermatology and urology at the Municipal University of Amsterdam. Two years later, he was appointed professor in dermatology and veneral diseases and in 1918 to …

Samuel Mendes da Costa is listed in our family tree. My father Armand Mendes da Costa spent over half a century researching our Portuguese-Dutch ancestry and I am in the process of gradually making the fruits of his labours available on the internet for those who are interested.
A Mendes da Costa
New Zealand