Nelson Coelho de SENNA

Background

SENNA, Nelson Coelho de was born on October 11, 1876 in Serró Frio, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Education

Educated Escola Normal de Diamantina, Colegio Mineiro de Ouro Preto. Bachelor of Laws, Faculdade de Direito. de Ouro Preto, 1897. Dr. honoris causa, University do Brasil.

Career

Professor, writer; Direito. de Ouro Preto, 1897. Dr. honoris causa, University do Brasil. Director, Annuario Histórico, Estatistico e Chorographico de Minas Geraes, 6 vols., 1906-1918.

State deputy, 1907-1921. Substitute professor, engineering school, University de Minas Gerais, 1912, professor, of polit, economics, 1919.

Membership

Member special state court, 1921. Member: Academy Mincira de Letras, Institute da Ordem dos Advogados, Institute Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Academy Colombiana de Jurisprudencia (honorary). Member Academy Nacional de la Historia (Venezuela), Society de Geografía (Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro).

Connections

Father:

Cándido José de Senna

Mother:

Maria Brasilina Coelho

Spouse:

Emilia Gentil Horta Gomes Candido

child:

Caio Nelson SENNA

child:

Mucio Emilio SENNA

child:

Fabio Nelson SENNA

child:

Lucio Octavio SENNA

child:

José Flavio SENNA

child:

Yolanda SENNA

child:

Maria Emilia SENNA