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Manuel Emílio Gomes de Carvalho
1859–1919
A Brazilian lawyer, republican public servant, and historian, he wrote from a close view of the political ties between Brazil and Portugal. His best-known books revisit major moments in early Brazilian political history with a careful, document-based approach.
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Os deputados brasileiros nas Côrtes Geraes de 1821
by Manuel Emílio Gomes de Carvalho
About the author
Born in Vassouras, in Rio de Janeiro province, on February 20, 1859, Manuel Emílio Gomes de Carvalho trained at the Faculty of Law of São Paulo and worked as a lawyer. After the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic, he was entrusted by the provisional government with organizing the administration of the city of São Paulo.
He later left Brazil in 1892 and settled in France, where he carried out the historical research that shaped his reputation as a writer. His known works include Dom João III e os franceses (1909) and Os deputados brasileiros nas Cortes de 1821 (1912), both centered on the shared history of Brazil and Portugal.
That scholarly work was recognized in 1912, when he was elected a corresponding member of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute. Library records identify him as having died in Menton, in southern France, in 1919.