Júlio Afrânio Peixoto
Júlio Afrânio Peixoto (born December 17 1876 in
Lençóis – January 12, 1947) was a Brazilian physician, writer, politician, historian, university president, and pioneering
eugenicist. He held many public offices, including Brazilian congressional representative from Bahia in the federal ''Câmara de Deputados'' (federal congressman) (1924–1930), first the president of the
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, member of the
Brazilian Cultural Center in the United States, president of the
Academia Brasileira de Letras, and honorary doctorates from
Coimbra University and the
University of Lisbon, Portugal.
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