Background
TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS, Mario Augusto was born on March 31, 1890 in Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.
TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS, Mario Augusto was born on March 31, 1890 in Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.
Educated in Curitiba, Paraná, 1902-1906. Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1911. Dr. honoris causa, Faculdade de Direito de Goiaz.
Direito de Goiaz; director of statistics, Minas Gerais, 1922-1930. Director general, department, of edn. and health statistics, ministry of edn. and health, since 1931. Secretary general, Institute Brasileiro de Geografía e Estatistica, since 1936.
Secretary general, national statistics board. J. Afonso Augusto Teixeira de Freitas and Maria José Teixeira de Freitas.
Member: Inter-American Statistical Institute (ex-president), Associaqáo Brasileira de Educaqao, Society Brasileira de Estatistica. Society de Geografía, Society dos Amigos de Alberto Torres, Centro Dom Vital, American Statistical Association, Society Brasileira de Economia Política, Institute Histórico de Minas Gerais, Liga Brasileira de Esperanto.