Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay
Historian, Author
1843 – 1899
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Who was Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay?
Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay was a Brazilian writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist and nobleman. He is famous for the Regionalist novel Inocência, that is considered to be a major forerunner of the Naturalism in Brazil.
He founded and occupied the 13th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1899.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1843
Rio de Janeiro - Also known as
- Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay Taunay
- Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Education
- Colégio Pedro II
- Died
- Jan 25, 1899
Rio de Janeiro
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on July 23, 2013
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