Fernando Ribeiro (b. 1962, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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) is a Brazil

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ian artist

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, designer, photographer, geographer and professor

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. He is the fourth son of artists Beatriz and Milton Ribeiro, and lives and works in Brasilia

Brasília

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, capital city of Brazil. Fernando Ribeiro became known worldwide when BBC News

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published an article about the website he built to support the Hubble Space Telescope and that sparked a grassroots effort to help save it.

External links

• Fernandor.com - Fernando Ribeiro's homepage
• SavetheHubble.com - 'Save the Hubble: Hubble News'
• BBC.co.uk - '"Save the Hubble" campaign soars: Thousands have signed the petition: A petition website calling for the Hubble Space Telescope to be saved is attracting a growing number of hits', Dr David Whitehouse, BBC
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  News Online (January 29, 2004)
• MiltonRibeiro.com - 'Milton Ribeiro' (Portuguese language website)