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Encyclopedia > Augusto de Lima

Antonio Augusto de Lima was a Brazilian journalist, poet, musician, magistrate, jurist, professor and politician. He was born in Congonhas de Sabará (now Nova Lima), on April 5, 1859. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A magistrate is a judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. ... JURIST is an online legal news and research service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, edited by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than 20 law students. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Location of Nova Lima Nova Lima is a city in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil, located close to the states capital, Belo Horizonte. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...


De Lima was governor of the state of Minas Gerais, and was responsible for transferring the capital of the state from Ouro Preto to Belo Horizonte (then "Curral Del Rey"). He was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1903. In 1906, Augusto de Lima was elected deputado federal (house representative) and moved to Rio de Janeiro, the federal district. Minas Gerais (pronounced IPA ) is one of the states of Brazil, the second most populous in the federation. ... Ouro Preto - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Belo Horizonte (a Portuguese name meaning beautiful horizon) is among the most important cities in Brazil. ... Academia Brasileira de Letras, or Brazilian Academy of Letters is a Brazilian literary society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of writers and was inspired by the Académie française. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... National Congress of Brazil - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiros waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and...


He married Vera Monteiro de Barros de Suckow, granddaughter of Hans Willelm von Suckow, Major of the Prussian Army (who fought Napoleon in Waterloo) and patron of Brazil’s horse racing — the first breeder of race horses in Brazil. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Waterloo The top of the knoll and the famous lion. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...


As a politician, Augusto de Lima defended female suffrage and was also an ecologist. He was strongly devoted to Saint Francis of Assisi, and was responsible for the first forest protection law in Brazil, implemented after a fifteen year battle in congress. (Ecology is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for the natural environment. ... Saint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. ... A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is a term widely used to describe the moist broadleaf forests of the Amazon Basin, encompassing 7 million km2 (1. ...


Works

  • Contemporâneas, poetry (1887)
  • Símbolos poetry (1892)
  • Poesias (1909)
  • Noites de sábado, cronicles (1923)
  • São Francisco de Assis, poetry (1930)
  • Coletânea de poesias (1880-1934)
  • Poetry (1959)
  • Tiradentes, poetry
  • Antes da Sombra, poetry (not released).

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Antônio Augusto de Lima was a Brazilian journalist, poet, musician, magistrate, jurist, professor and politician.
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In 1906, Augusto de Lima was elected deputado federal (house representative) and moved to Rio de Janeiro, the federal district.
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