Background
BARROSO, Gustavo was born on December 29, 1888 in Fortaleza, Ceara. Son of Antonio F. Barroso and Ana Dodt Barroso.
BARROSO, Gustavo was born on December 29, 1888 in Fortaleza, Ceara. Son of Antonio F. Barroso and Ana Dodt Barroso.
Educated Colégio Parthenon Cearense and Liceu do Ceará, 1898-1906, Faculdade de Direito, Fortaleza, 1907-1909. Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil, 1911.
Editor, Jornal do Ceara, 1908-1909. Editor, Jornal do Comercio, Rio de Janeiro, 1919-1913. Secretary general of the Superintendency in Defense of Rubber, Rio de Janeiro, 1913.
Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and Justice, Ceara, 1914. Federal deputy, 1915-1918. Secretary of the Brazilian delegation to the Peace Conference, 1919.
Inspector of schools, Rio de Janeiro, 1919- 1922. Secretary general of the Junta of American Jurisconsults, Rio de Janeiro, 1927. Secretary general of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, 1928— 1931.
President of id., 1931-1932. Director of the review Fon-Fon, since 1916. Director of the National Historical Museum, since 1922.
Brazilian representative on the International Commission on Historical Monuments (created by the League of Nations).
Brazilian Academy of Letters. Royal Society of Literature of London. The Historical and Geographical Institutes of Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Bahia, Maranháo, and Espirito Santo.
The Geographical Societies of Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, and Lima, Perú. Capistrano de Abreu Society. Academy of Letters of Ceará.
Decorations: Grand Cross of St. James of Portugal. Grand Official of Christ of Portugal. Of the Crown of Italy.
Of the Saviour of Greece. Of the Sun of Perú; Commander of the Order of St. Olaf of Norway. Of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia.
Of the Liberator of Venezuela. Of the Condor of the Andes of Bolivia. Official of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium.
Of Poland Restored; Officier de l’lnstruction Publique. Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur.
Married Antonieta Labouriau Barroso. Children: Flavio, Carlos.