Background
ANDRADE, Rodrigo Melo Franco de was born on August 17, 1898 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
ANDRADE, Rodrigo Melo Franco de was born on August 17, 1898 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Educated Lycée Janson de Sailly, Paris, 1911-1914. Bachelor of Laws, University do Brasil, 1919.
Director, daily O Jornal, Rio de Janeiro, 1928-1930: senior official, ministry of edn. and health, 1930-1931. Director general of national historic and artistic monuments, since 1936.
Member: Institute Histórico e Geográfico, Associacao Brasileira de Escritores. Member Academy, de Belas Artes (Portugal).