Background
MENDES, Oscar was born on July 25, 1902 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
MENDES, Oscar was born on July 25, 1902 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Educated Colégio Salesiano. Bachelor of Laws, University do Recife, 1924.
Professor; officer, Bomfim, Minas Gerais, 1924-1930. Municipal judge, Pará, Minas Gerais, 1930-1935. Literature critic, newspapers Estado de Minas and Fólha de Minas, Belo Horizonte, 1930-1935: editor and literature critic, Catholic newspaper O Diario, since 1935.
Professor, of sociology, law school, University de Minas Gerais, 1937-1943. Professor, of anthropology, Faculdade de Filosofía Santa Maria, Belo Horizonte. Director, Institute de Previdencia dos Servidoes do Estado, since 1940.