Afrânio Peixoto
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1876 – 1947
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Who was Afrânio Peixoto?
Dr. Júlio Afrânio Peixoto was a Brazilian physician, writer, politician, historian, university president, and pioneering eugenicist. He held many public offices, including Brazilian congressional representative from Bahia in the federal Câmara de Deputados, first the president of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, member of the Brazil-United States Cultural Institute, president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, and honorary doctorates from Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1876
Lençóis - Also known as
- Afrânio Peixoto
- Júlio Afrânio Peixoto
- Júlio Afrânio Peixoto
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Died
- Jan 12, 1947
Rio de Janeiro
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on July 23, 2013
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