Background

GARCIA, Rodolfo Augusto was born on May 25, 1873 in Ceará-Mirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Education

Educated Ginásio Pernambucano, Escola Militar (Ceará and Rio de Janeiro). Bachelor of Laws, University do Recife, 1908.

Career

Professor, in Pernambuco, 1895— 1912. Director, Museu Histórico Nacional, 1930-1932, Biblioteca Nacional, since 1932.

Membership

Member: Institute Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Institute Histórico (Pernambuco, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagôas), Academy Brasileira de Letras, Society Capistrano de Abreu (founding member), Academy Portuguesa de Historia, Institute Histórico del Uruguay, Société des Américanistes (Paris).

Connections

Father:

Augusto Carlos de Amorim Garcia

Mother:

Maria Augusta de Amorim Garcia

Spouse:

Ester de Oliveira

child:

Fernando Augusto GARCIA

child:

Marcelo José GARCIA

child:

Beatriz GARCIA

child:

Magdalena GARCIA