Clóvis Beviláqua
Clóvis Beviláqua (born October 4, 1859 in Viçosa do Ceará , † July 26, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian lawyer , philosopher and historian . He was a professor of civil law and comparative law .
Beviláqua was a co-founder of the Academia Brasileira de Letras and a member of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico .
In 1883, in his book A filosofia positivista no Brasil , he declared himself an evolutionist monist and founded the philosophical Escola do Recife with others .
In 1901 he drafted the Brazilian Civil Code , which was valid from 1916 to 2002/3.
Web links
Commons : Clóvis Beviláqua - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Clóvis Beviláqua in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Literature by and about Clóvis Beviláqua in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Biobibliography on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Portuguese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beviláqua, Clóvis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian lawyer, philosopher and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viçosa do Ceará |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1944 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |