Fernando (M) Ribeiro (b. 1962, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilianartist, designer, photographer, geographer and professor. He is the fourth son of artists Beatriz and Milton Ribeiro, and lives and works in Brasilia, capital city of Brazil. Fernando Ribeiro became known worldwide when BBC News published an article about the website he built to support the Hubble Space Telescope and that sparked a grassroots effort to help save it. Ipanema beach, in the South Zone, immortalised by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Morais song The Girl from Ipanema Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese), pron. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and/or researcher usually employed by a college or university. ... Bras lia is the capital city of Brazil and is located in the center of the country in a federal district created in the state of Goi s. ... The current BBC News logo BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope orbiting the Earth at the outer edges of the atmosphere. ...
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 News Online (January 29, 2004)
MiltonRibeiro.com - 'Milton Ribeiro' (Portugese language website)