About Clóvis Beviláqua
Lived 1859 – 1944 (aged 84). Clóvis Beviláqua was a Brazilian journalist, writer, historian, university teacher, philosopher and jurist.
Clóvis Beviláqua (4 October 1859 – 26 July 1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859. Beviláqua was professor of civil and comparative law in Recife. As the author of the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916, whose first draft he presented in 1899, and as that code's first commentator, Beviláqua was the founding father of Brazilian civil law scholarship. He founded and occupied the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1944. The chair's patron is Franklin Távora.
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Who was Clóvis Beviláqua?
Brazilian jurist (1859–1944)
When was Clóvis Beviláqua born?
Clóvis Beviláqua was born on 4 October 1859 in Viçosa do Ceará.
When did Clóvis Beviláqua die?
Clóvis Beviláqua died on 26 July 1944 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Clóvis Beviláqua was a journalist, writer, historian, university teacher, philosopher and jurist.
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Clóvis Beviláqua was Brazilian.
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