Background
MELO FRANCO, Afonso Arinos de was born on November 27, 1905 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
MELO FRANCO, Afonso Arinos de was born on November 27, 1905 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Educated Colégio Pedro II, Rio de Janeiro, 1917-1921. Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil, 1927. Advanced studies in literature and the humanities in Europe, 1924-1926, 1930-1932.
Director, newspapers Estado de Minas and Fólha de Minas, 1934-1935. Attorney, Banco do Brasil, since 1935. Professor, of Brazilian history, University do Brasil, 1936-1937.
Lecturer; Dirceu e Marília, 1942. Desenvolvimento da civilizacao material no Brasil, 1944.
Member: Academy Nacional de Historia, Society Capistrano de Abreu, Institute Histórico de Ouro Preto, Patrimonio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (council member), Société des Américanistes (Paris), Société des Amis de Montaigne, Society Felipe de Oliveira.