Background
SÓCRATES, Eduardo Artur was born on August 23, 1860 in Goiaz, Brazil.
SÓCRATES, Eduardo Artur was born on August 23, 1860 in Goiaz, Brazil.
Educated Liceu de Goiaz, 1879. Degree in military engineering and math, and physical seis., Escola Militar da Corte, Rio de Janeiro, 1887.
Assistant, board of construction, Uberaba-Cuiabá telegraph line, 1887. Took part in proclamation of the Brazilian republic, 1889. Became captain, 1891.
Chief of telegraphic district of Goiaz, 1892. Assistant, theory of teaching, Escola Militar do Realengo, 1898. Major, 1900; federal deputy for Goiaz.
Lieutenant colonel, 1909. Put down Amazonas revolution, 1911. Colonel, 2d infantry regiment, 1912.
Commander, Escola Militar, Escola Prática, 1917. Brigadier general, 1918. General, 4th military region, Juiz de Fora, 1923.
Put down Sao Paulo revolution, 1924. Marshal, army reserves, since 1926.