Background
TAUNAY, Affonso was born on July 11, 1876. Son of Dr. Alfredo de Escragnolle Taunay and Christina Teixeira Leite de Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount and Viscountess of Taunay.
TAUNAY, Affonso was born on July 11, 1876. Son of Dr. Alfredo de Escragnolle Taunay and Christina Teixeira Leite de Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount and Viscountess of Taunay.
Educated secondary schools in Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis. Civil Engineer, Escola Politécnica de Sao Paulo, 1900.
Professor, Escola Politécnica de Sao Paulo, 1904-1924. Director, Museu Paulista, since 1917, and museums of state of Sao Paulo, since 1923. Commissioned by federal government to reorganize library and archives of ministry of foreign affairs, 1930.
Professor, school of philosophy, science. and letters, University de Sao Paulo, 1934-1937.
Brazilian Academy of Letters. Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute. Paulista Academy oí Letters.
The Historical Institutes of Sao Paulo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Ceará, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Pará, and Paraiba. Academy of Minas Gerais. Académie des Sciences Coloniales of Paris.
Married Sara de Souza Queiroz de Escragnolle Taunay. Children: Anna, Augusto, Clarisse, and Paulo.