Background
RAMIZ GALVAO, Benjamin was born on June 16, 1846 in Rio Pardo, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Daughter of the Count da Ponte.
RAMIZ GALVAO, Benjamin was born on June 16, 1846 in Rio Pardo, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Daughter of the Count da Ponte.
Professor ad interim in the Colegio Pedro II, 1870. Director of the National Library, 18701882. Member of the Brazilian commission to the Vienna exposition, 1873.
Substitute professor in the Faculty of Medicine, 1876.
Titular professor, 1881. Professor emeritus, 1882.
Tutor of the sons of the Princess Imperial, Doctorate. Izabel de Braganga, 1882-1889. Created baron of the Brazilian Empire, 1888.
Directorgeneral of municipal public instruction of Rio de Janeiro.
Secretary of the Gaceta de Noticias, 1890-1899. Director of the Asilo Gongalves de Araujo, 1899— 1930. President of the Commission of the Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of Brazil, 1900.
Director of the Revista of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute since 1912.
President of the Superior Council of Education, 1919- 1925. Rector of the University of Rio de Janeiro, 1920-1925.
Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute (orador perpetuo). Various regional historical institutes of Brazil. National Academy of Medicine.
Brazilian Academy of Letters (president).
Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. Decorations: Dignitary of the Order of the Rose of the Brazilian Empire.
Commander of the Orders of Christ and Saint James of Portugal. Chevalier of the Order of Francis Joseph of Austria.
Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur.
Officier de l"lnstruction Publique of France.
Married Leonor Maria de Saldanha da Gama, grand-daughter of the Count da Ponte. Children: Leonor, Maria Augusta, and Benjamin (deceased), and Annita.