Otávio Mangabeira

Otávio Mangabeira
Born (1886-08-27)August 27, 1886
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Died November 29, 1960(1960-11-29) (aged 74)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil
Occupation
  • engineer
  • professor
  • politician
Parent(s) Francisco Cavalcanti Mangabeira
Augusta Cavalcanti Mangabeira

Otávio Mangabeira (27 Aug 1880 – 29 Nov 1960) was a Brazilian engineer, politician and professor. He served as Governor of Bahia, represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil and occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1930 until his death in 1960, when was succeeded by Jorge Amado.

Biography

Brother of the medical doctor and poet Francisco Mangabeira, and also of the politician João Mangabeira.[1]

References

  1. ↑ CPDOC-FGV Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (19 January 2001). "Otávio Mangabeira Biography" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 Oct 2015.


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