Background
COSTA RIBEIRO, Joaquim da was born on July 8, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
COSTA RIBEIRO, Joaquim da was born on July 8, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Educated Colégio Santo Inácio, 1915-1923, engineering school, University do Brasil, 1924-1929. Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Ph.D. in physics.
Professor; assistant, in edn., ministry of edn. and health, 1934. Teacher of physics, Institute de Educaçâo, 1935. Senior official, secretary general of edn. and culture of federal district.
1938; professor, of physics, school of letters, University do Brasil, 1939, head of department, since 1946. Consulting member weights and measures commission, 1942, pres, since 1946.
Member commission to study and control strategic minerals, 1947. Member: Academy Brasileira de Ciéncias, Asociación Física Argentina.