Career
He is the patron of the 26th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Rabelo was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1826, to Ricardo José da Silva Rabelo and Luísa Maria da Conceição. Initially, he planned to follow the ecclesiastic career, and entered in a seminary, but he quit, because of intrigues among his colleagues.
He tried a course at the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, but he couldn"t make it either.
Finally, he entered in a Medicine course, finishing it in Bahia, but exercing his profession in Rio. In 1857, he became a doctor for the Army, at Rio Grande do Sul, returning definitely to Rio in 1863, becoming a History, Geography and Portuguese teacher.
He died in 1864, due to heart problems.